Ophichthus nguyenorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 nguyenorum

Name

Ophichthus nguyenorum Vo, Hibino & Ho in Vo et al., 2025: 318

• Holotype: OIM-E. 55827, 887 mm TL, collected on 10 November 2023.
• Type locality: “ca 12°19'N, 109°20'E, Đồng Hòa, Cần Giờ district, Hồ Chí Minh City, southeast coast of Vietnam, South China Sea, ... ca 10–20 m”.

References

Primary references

• Vo, Q.V., Hibino, Y., Ho, H-C., Le, T.T.T. & Seah, Y.G. 2025. Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of O. macrochir (Bleeker) and O. rutidoderma (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231: 311–329. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.137323 Reference page.