Lamnostoma
| Lamnostoma | |
|---|---|
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| Lamnostoma kampeni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Kaup, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Lamnostoma pictum Kaup, 1856[1] | |
| Species | |
| See text. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lamnostoma is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Lamnostoma kampeni (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) (Freshwater snake-eel)
- Lamnostoma mindora (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908)
- Lamnostoma orientalis (McClelland, 1844) (Oriental worm-eel)
- Lamnostoma polyophthalma (Bleeker, 1853) (Ocellated sand-eel)
- Lamnostoma taylori (Herre, 1923)
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lamnostoma". FishBase. June 2011 version.