Biology:Echelus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Echelus | |
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| Echelus pachyrhynchus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Echelus Rafinesque, 1810 |
Echelus is a genus of eels in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
- Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted eel)
- Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)
- Echelus polyspondylus J. E. McCosker & H. C. Ho, 2015 (Many-vertebrae snake eel) [1]
- Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Finned snake eel)
References
- ↑ McCosker, J.E.; Ho, H.-C. (2015). "New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan". Zootaxa 4060 (1): 71–85. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt04060p085.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q595353 entry
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