Schultzidia
| Schultzidia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrophinae |
| Genus: | Gosline, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Muraenichthys johnstonensis | |
| Species | |
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Schultzidia is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz (1901-1986), one of the describers of the type species, Muraenichthys johnstonensis.[2] It currently contains the following species:[3]
- Schultzidia johnstonensis (L. P. Schultz & Woods, 1949) (Johnston snake-eel)
- Schultzidia retropinnis (Fowler, 1934) (fringe-lipped worm-eel)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (20 September 2020). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Schultzidia". FishBase. Retrieved 27 January 2021.