Echiophis punctifer, Stippled spoon-nose eel

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Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859)

Stippled spoon-nose eel
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Echiophis punctifer
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Echiophis: Greek, echieys, eos = a little viper + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335);  punctifer: Name from Latin 'punctifer' meaning dotted; referring to its coloration; name in apposition.
More on author: Kaup.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia


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