Ophichthus mystacinus

Species of fish

Ophichthus mystacinus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Anguilliformes
Family:  | Ophichthidae
Genus:  | Ophichthus
Species:  |

O. mystacinus

Binomial name
Ophichthus mystacinus

J. E. McCosker, 1999

Ophichthus mystacinus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by John E. McCosker in 1999.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Caledonia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 371 to 824 metres (1,217 to 2,703 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 42.9 centimetres (16.9 in).[1]

The species epithet "mystacinus" means "mustachioed" in Greek.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Ophichthus mystacinus at www.fishbase.org.
2. ^ McCosker, J. E., 1999 [ref. 23699] Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie No. 180: 571-588.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q4404763
* BOLD: 983192
* FishBase: 54536
* GBIF: 5213134
* iNaturalist: 618563
* IRMNG: 10140944
* ITIS: 636124
* NCBI: 2684833
* WoRMS: 271972

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