Overview
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Family : Snake eels ;
Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Anguilliformes
()
- Subfamily:
Ophichthinae
()
- Genus:
Pisodonophis
()
- Kaup, 1856
- Specific name:
hijala
- (Hamilton, 1822)
- Scientific name: - Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822)
- Specific name:
hijala
- (Hamilton, 1822)
- Genus:
Pisodonophis
(
- Subfamily:
Ophichthinae
(
- Order:
Anguilliformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Ophisurus hijala Hamilton
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Hamilton, F. An account of the fishes
found in
the River
Ganges and its branches. Archibald Constable and Company
,
Edinburg. 405 p., 1822.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Pisodonophis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. boro (Bengal´s Snake-Eel) · P. cancrivorus (Estuary Snake Eel) · P. daspilotus (Blunt- Toothed Snake Eel) · P. hoeveni (Hoeven's Snake Eel) · P. semicinctus (Half-Banded Snake Eel)
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Further Reading
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- Hamilton, F. An account of the fishes found in the River Ganges and its branches. Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburg. 405 p., 1822.
- Smith, D. G., and J. E. McCosker / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds. 1999. Ophichthidae: Snake eels, worm eels. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. 1662-1669. ISBN: 92-5-104302-7.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- McCosker, John (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3765822
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-150184
- Fishbase Species ID: 61192
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 636147
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 120861
