Blackspotted snake eel
| Blackspotted snake eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Quassiremus |
| Species: | Q. ascensionis |
| Binomial name | |
| Quassiremus ascensionis (Studer, 1889) | |
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The Blackspotted snake eel[2] (Quassiremus ascensionis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Théophile Rudolf Studer in 1889.[4] It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known from the western and southern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles, Brazil, and Ascension Island (from which its species epithet is derived). It is known to dwell at a depth of 12 metres, and inhabits sand and turtle grass; it forms burrows which leave its head exposed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 71 centimetres.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Quassiremus ascensionis at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Quassiremus ascensionis at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Quassiremus ascensionis at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Studer, T., 1889 [ref. 18853] Die Forschungsreise SMS "Gazelle" in den Jahren 1874 bis 1876 unter Kommando des Kapitän zur See Freiherrn von Schleinitz ...III. Theil: Zoologie und Geologie. Berlin. i-vi + 1-322, Pls. 1-33.
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