Longfin worm eel
| Longfin worm eel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Myrophis |
| Species: | M. anterodorsalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 | |
The longfin worm eel[1] (Myrophis anterodorsalis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Colombia, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell within one meter of the surface.[2]
References
- ^ Common names of Myrophis anterodorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Myrophis anterodorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ McCosker, J. E., E. B. Böhlke and J. E. Böhlke, 1989 [ref. 13288] Family Ophichthidae (pp. 254-412). In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 9).