Ophichthus rex Böhlke & Caruso, 1980

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Böhlke, J. E.; Caruso, J. H. (1980). Ophichthus rex: a new giant snake eel from the Gulf of Mexico (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 132: 239-244.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Anguilliformes: family
Ophichthidae: genus
Ophichthus: species
Ophichthus rex

Name

Homonyms: Ophichthus rex Böhlke & Caruso, 1980
Common names: Hadař královský in Tchèque; Keoghfish in Anglais; King snake eel in Anglais; Kuning-teravsabaangerjas in Estonien; Lairón in Espagnol; Snake eel in Anglais; king snake eel in language.; king snake eel in Anglais; lairón in Espagnol; 王蛇鰻 in language.; 王蛇鳗 in language.; King Snake Eel in Anglais; Keoghfish in Anglais; Lairón in Espagnol; Snake Eel in Anglais; king snake eel in Anglais; lairón in Espagnol

Bibliographic References

Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed., 1989: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1. xvii + 1-656.
Böhlke, J. E.; Caruso, J. H. (1980). Ophichthus rex: a new giant snake eel from the Gulf of Mexico (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 132: 239-244.
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McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.