Siboga snake eel

The Siboga snake eel[2] (Bascanichthys sibogae) is an eel from the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913, originally under the genus Callechelys.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is found off the south coast of Timor, Indonesia, in the western central Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 23.7 centimetres (9.3 in).[3]

Siboga snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Bascanichthys
Species:
B. sibogae
Binomial name
Bascanichthys sibogae
(Weber, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callechelys sibogae Weber, 1913

References
  1. Synonyms of Bascanichthys sibogae at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Bascanichthys sibogae at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Bascanichthys sibogae at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Weber, M., 1913 [ref. 4602] Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. E. J. Brill, Leiden. i-xii + 1-710, Pls. 1-12.


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