Ophichthus shaoi

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

O. shaoi

Binomial name
Ophichthus shaoi

J. E. McCosker & H. C. Ho, 2015

Ophichthus shaoi, the long-bodied snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It is found around Taiwan. This species reaches a length of 62.3 cm (24.5 in).[1][2]

## Etymology[edit]

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist and marine ecologist Kwang-Tsao Shao (b. 1951) of the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Ophichthus shaoi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
2. ^ McCosker, J.E.; Ho, H.-C. (2015). "New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 71–85. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.11. PMID 26701593.
3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q22105972
* Wikispecies: Ophichthus shaoi
* BOLD: 780331
* CoL: 49VJW
* FishBase: 68631
* GBIF: 8548898
* NCBI: 2152986
* WoRMS: 1384924

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