Echelus
Appearance
Echelus | |
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Echelus pachyrhynchus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Subfamily: | Ophichthinae
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Genus: | Echelus Rafinesque, 1810 |
Echelus is a genus of eels in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
- Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted eel)
- Vaillant, 1888)
- , 1846) (Finned snake eel)
References
- PMID 26701593.