Scytalichthys
Species of fish
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Scytalichthys miurus, the short-tailed viper-eel, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean around Mexico and the Galapagos Islands.
| Scytalichthys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Scytalichthys D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891 |
| Species: | S. miurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scytalichthys miurus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scytalichthys miurus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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