Xestochilus

Species of fish

Xestochilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Xestochilus
McCosker, 1998
Species:
X. nebulosus
Binomial name
Xestochilus nebulosus
(J. L. B. Smith, 1962)

Xestochilus is a genus of eel in the family Ophichthidae. The genus contains one species being Xestochilus nebulosus (nebulosus snake eel). X. Nebulosus lives in the indo-pacific ocean in 2 to 42 meter deep waters. The nebulosus snake eel are found in tidepools, weed bottoms and sand inside tropical waters .The species max length is 47 centimeters.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Xestochilus nebulosus, Nebulous snake eel". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xestochilus nebulosus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
Taxon identifiers
Xestochilus nebulosus


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