Ordinary snake eel
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Myrophis |
| Species: | M. microchir
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrophis microchir (Bleeker, 1864)
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The ordinary snake eel[2] (Myrophis microchir) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, originally under the genus Echelus.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Vietnam, Japan, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, and Australia. It inhabits sandy sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39 centimetres (1 ft 3 in).[3]
References
- ^ Synonyms of Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Bleeker, P., 1864 [ref. 408] Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 38-54.