Ophichthus mccoskeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: Ophichthus mccoskeri

Name

Ophichthus mccoskeri Sumod, Hibino, Manjabrayakath & Sanjeevan, 2019: 113

• Holotype: CMLRE IO/SS/FIS/00449 A, 346 mm TL, collected in September 2010.
• Type locality: “321 m off South Great Nicobar, India (6°38’18” N; 93°41’4.81” E)”.

References

Primary references

• Sumod, K.S., Hibino, Y., Manjabrayakath, H. & Sanjeevan, V.N. 2019. Description of a new species of deep-water snake eel, Ophichthus mccoskeri (Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae) from Andaman Sea, India. Zootaxa 4686(1): 112–118. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.1.5 Reference page.