Ordinary eel
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- cebEthadophis byrnei
- DeutschEthadophis byrnei
- ItalianoEthadophis byrnei
- NederlandsEthadophis byrnei
- SvenskaEthadophis byrnei
- warEthadophis byrnei
- EnglishOrdinary eel
- 中文伯氏埃塞蛇鰻
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The Ordinary eel (Ethadophis byrnei, also known as the Ordinary snake-eel ) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt and John E. McCosker. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from a single specimen collected from a sandbank in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, during low tide. From the holotype, it is known to reach a total length of . The IUCN redlist currently lists the Ordinary eel as Data Deficient due to the extremely limited number of described specimens, but notes that its habitat falls into a region of threat from coastal development.
The Ordinary eel (Ethadophis byrnei, also known as the Ordinary snake-eel ) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt and John E. McCosker. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from a single specimen collected from a sandbank in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, during low tide. From the holotype, it is known to reach a total length of . The IUCN redlist currently lists the Ordinary eel as Data Deficient due to the extremely limited number of described specimens, but notes that its habitat falls into a region of threat from coastal development.
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