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Freshwater snake eel

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Ophichthidae

Genus
  
Lamnostoma

Order
  
Eel

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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The Freshwater snake-eel (Lamnostoma kampeni) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916. It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from Asia and Oceania, including New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Vanuatu. Males can reach a maximum total length of 41 centimetres.

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Freshwater snake-eel Wikipedia