Ophichthus rotundus

Species of eel

Ophichthus rotundus

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

O. rotundus

Binomial name
Ophichthus rotundus

Lee & Asano, 1997

Ophichthus rotundus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by Chung-Lyul Lee and Hirotoshi Asano in 1997.[2] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Korea, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 79.3 centimeters (31.2 in).[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Ophichthus rotundus at www.fishbase.org.
2. ^ Lee, C.-L. and H. Asano, 1997 (Dec.) [ref. 23711] A new ophichthid eel, Ophichthus rotundus (Ophichthidae, Anguilliformes) from Korea. Korean Journal of Biological Sciences v. 1 (no. 14): 549-552.

Taxon identifiers

Ophichthus rotundus|

* Wikidata: Q2015784
* CoL: 49VJQ
* FishBase: 59364
* GBIF: 5213183
* iNaturalist: 618567
* IRMNG: 11072131
* ITIS: 636128
* IUCN: 199093
* NCBI: 1961911
* OBIS: 271979
* Open Tree of Life: 3643297
* Plazi: 233ADBAE-1AF2-361C-6815-3FB6C8412ABE
* WoRMS: 271979
* ZooBank: 696801A6-E2CA-44D8-AD52-6226B8E7B129

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