Siboga worm eel

Siboga worm eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Muraenichthys
Species: M. sibogae
Binomial name
Muraenichthys sibogae
Weber & de Beaufort, 1916

The Siboga worm eel[1] (Muraenichthys sibogae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from reefs in Timor and Samoa, in the Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 13.5 centimetres (5.3 in).[2]

References

  1. Common names of Muraenichthys sibogae at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Muraenichthys sibogae at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 [ref. 4604] The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.


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