Ophichthus tomioi

Species of fish

Ophichthus tomioi

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

O. tomioi

Binomial name
Ophichthus tomioi

J. E. McCosker, 2010

Ophichthus tomioi 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 the Indo-Pacific, including the Philippines, the Seychelles Islands, Marquesas, and Fiji. It dwells at a depth range of 300 to 423 metres (984 to 1,388 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 44.7 centimetres (17.6 in).[1]

## Etymology[edit]

The species epithet "tomioi" was given in honour of Tomio Iwamoto (b. 1939), an ichthyologist at the California Academy of Sciences.[1] Iwamoto collected the holotype specimen.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Ophichthus tomioi at www.fishbase.org.
2. ^ 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.
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: Q6411664
* Wikispecies: Ophichthus tomioi
* BOLD: 983191
* CoL: 49VK6
* FishBase: 65569
* GBIF: 5961040
* iNaturalist: 618574
* IRMNG: 11801493
* IUCN: 199670
* NCBI: 2684834
* WoRMS: 712426

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