The Ordinary eel[1] (Ethadophis byrnei, also known as the Ordinary snake-eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt and John E. McCosker.[4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from a single specimen collected from a sandbank in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, during low tide. From the holotype, it is known to reach a total length of 51 centimetres (20 in).[3]
| Ordinary eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ethadophis |
| Species: | E. byrnei
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| Ethadophis byrnei Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1970
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The IUCN redlist currently lists the Ordinary eel as Data Deficient due to the extremely limited number of described specimens, but notes that its habitat falls into a region of threat from coastal development.[2]
References edit
- ^ Common names of Ethadophis byrnei at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Ethadophis byrnei at the IUCN redlist.
- ^ a b Ethadophis byrnei at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Rosenblatt, R. H. and J. E. McCosker, 1970 [ref. 3809] A key to the genera of the ophichthid eels, with descriptions of two new genera and three new species from the eastern Pacific. Pacific Science v. 24 (no. 4): 494-505.
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