Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Ophichthidae | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Lamnostoma | |
Lamnostoma mindora is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson in 1908. It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from Asia and Oceania, including the Philippines and New Guinea. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres (16 in).
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