Fowler's snake eel
Appearance
Fowler's snake eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. fowleri
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus fowleri (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
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Ophichthus fowleri, also known as the Fowler's snake eel is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae.[1] It is a marine eel which is known from the eastern Central Pacific in Hawaii.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The fish's patronym was not identified but it is certainly in honor of American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler (1878–1965), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and a student of Jordan’s at Stanford University. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Ophichthus fowleri" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family OPHICHTHIDAE Günther 1870 (Snake Eels and Worm Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 August 2024.