Ophichthus grandoculis

Ophichthus grandoculis, known commonly as the snake-eel in Malaysia,[2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Theodore Edward Cantor in 1849, originally under the genus Ophisurus.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Malaysia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[3]

Ophichthus grandoculis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species:
O. grandoculis
Binomial name
Ophichthus grandoculis
(Cantor, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophiurus grandoculis Cantor, 1849
  • Ophisurus grandoculis Cantor, 1849

References
  1. Synonyms of Ophichthus grandoculis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Ophichthus grandoculis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Ophichthus grandoculis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Cantor, T. E., 1849 (Oct.-Dec.) [ref. 715] Catalogue of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2): i-xii + 983-1443, Pls. 1-14.


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