Ophichthus humanni
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of fish
| Ophichthus humanni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Actinopterygii |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Anguilliformes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Ophichthidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Ophichthus |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">O. humanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophichthus humanni J. E. McCosker, 2010
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Ophichthus humanni is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by John E. McCosker in 2010.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Vanuatu, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 254 to 300 metres (833 to 984 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 66.9 centimetres (26.3 in).[1]
Etymology
The eel is named in honor of author and underwater photographer Paul Humann (b. 1937), who has supplied ichthyologists with his photographs and in the wild observations.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ophichthus humanni at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ McCosker, J. E., 2010 (14 June) [ref. 30840] Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa No. 2505: 1-39.
- ↑ "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/anguilliformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5658983 entry
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