Diminutive worm eel

The Diminutive worm eel[1] (Pseudomyrophis fugesae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Diminutive worm eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Ophichthidae
Genus:
Pseudomyrophis
Species:
P. fugesae
Binomial name
Pseudomyrophis fugesae
McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989

References
  1. Common names for Pseudomyrophis fugesae at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Pseudomyrophis fugesae at www.fishbase.org.
  3. McCosker, J. E., E. B. Böhlke and J. E. Böhlke, 1989 [ref. 13288] Family Ophichthidae (pp. 254-412). In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 9).


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