Ophichthus brasiliensis explained

Ophichthus brasiliensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[1] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Centrurophis.^[2] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Brazil, in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (from which its species epithet is derived).^[1]

References

• Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 1998. Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p.

Notes and References

1. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Ophichthus-brasiliensis.html Ophichthus brasiliensis
2. Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77.