Strict snake eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Xyrias |
Species: | X. revulsus
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Binomial name | |
Xyrias revulsus
D. S. Jordan &
Snyder, 1901
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The strict snake eel [1] (Xyrias revulsus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Japan, the Philippines, the China Sea, and South Africa. It dwells at a depth range of 146 to 209 meters (479 to 686 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 93 centimeters (37 in). [2]