Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Ophichthidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Ophichthus | |
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The Snubnose snake eel (Ophichthus brevirostris) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and Steve W. Ross in 2007. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from North Carolina, USA, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 370 to 440 metres (1,210 to 1,440 ft). Females can reach a total length of 29.2 centimetres (11.5 in).
The species epithet "brevirostris" means "short muzzle" in Latin, and is treated as a noun in apposition.
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