Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Ophichthidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Bascanichthys | |
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The Siboga snake eel (Bascanichthys sibogae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913, originally under the genus Callechelys. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Timor, Indonesia, in the western central Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 23.7 centimetres (9.3 in).
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