Ophisternon
Ophisternon is a genus of swamp eels found in fresh and brackish waters in South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Middle America and West Africa.[3] Two species are blind cave-dwellers.[4]
| Ophisternon | |
|---|---|
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| Bengal Eel (O. bengalense) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes |
| Family: | Synbranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Synbranchinae |
| Genus: | Ophisternon McClelland, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Ophisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844[1] | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Ophisternon aenigmaticum D. E. Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 (Obscure swamp eel)
- Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger, 1909) (Guinea swamp eel)
- Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 (Bengal eel)
- Ophisternon candidum (Mees, 1962) (Blind cave eel)
- Ophisternon gutturale (J. Richardson, 1845) (Australian swamp eel)
- Ophisternon infernale (C. L. Hubbs, 1938) (Blind swamp eel)
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References
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Ophisteron". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Synbranchidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Ophisternon in FishBase. May 2017 version.
- Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
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