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Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
McCosker, J. E.; Böhlke, E. B. (1984). Three new species of Western Atlantic snake eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae) of the genus Ophichthus. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 136: 24-31.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Ophichthidae
genus
Ophichthus
species
Ophichthus menezesi

Name

Homonyms
Ophichthus menezesi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
Common names
Hadař menezesův in Czech
Menezesi teravsabaangerjas in Estonian
米氏蛇鰻 in language.
米氏蛇鳗 in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed., 1989: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1. xvii + 1-656.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. McCosker, J. E.; Böhlke, E. B. (1984). Three new species of Western Atlantic snake eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae) of the genus Ophichthus. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 136: 24-31.
  4. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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