Suculentophichthus
| Suculentophichthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | R. Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2015 [1] |
| Species: | S. nasus
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| Binomial name | |
| Suculentophichthus nasus R. Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2015
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Suculentophichthus nasus also known as the Red Sea flappy snake eel is a species of ophichthid fish found in Israel. This species occurs Eilat in Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Israel. This species is the only known member of the genus Suculentophichthus.[1]
References
- ^ a b Fricke, R.; Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2015). "Suculentophichthus nasus, a new genus and new species of snake eel from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Ophichthidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 16: 56–66.