Fowler's snake eel
Species of fish
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Ophichthus fowleri, also known as the Fowler's snake eel is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae.[1] It is a marine eel which is known from the eastern Central Pacific in Hawaii.[1]
| Fowler's snake eel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus |
| Species: | O. fowleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophichthus fowleri (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) | |
Etymology
The fish's patronym was not identified but it is certainly in honor of American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler (1878–1965), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and a student of Jordan’s at Stanford University. [2]
