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词条 Palespotted eel
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{{Taxobox
| image = Fish4364 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg
| image_width=250px
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Actinopterygii
| ordo = Anguilliformes
| familia = Ophichthidae
| genus = Ophichthus
| species = O. puncticeps
| binomial = Ophichthus puncticeps
| binomial_authority = (Kaup, 1859)
| synonyms_ref = [1]
| synonyms =
  • Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, 1859
  • Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, 1884
  • Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, 1887

}}

The Palespotted eel[2] (Ophichthus puncticeps) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1859, originally under the genus Cryptopterus.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina, USA, the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, and Brazil. It dwells at a depth range of {{convert|0|to|150|m|ft}}, most often at around {{convert|5|to|40|m|ft}}. Males can reach a maximum total length of {{convert|81|cm|in}}, but more commonly reach a TL of {{convert|60|cm|in}}.[3]

References

1. ^Synonyms of Ophichthus puncticeps at www.fishbase.org.
2. ^Common names of Ophichthus puncticeps at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^Ophichthus puncticeps at www.fishbase.org.
4. ^Kaup, J. J., 1859 [ref. 2586] Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschriebén und abgebildet. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5.
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2 : Fish described in 1859|Ophichthus

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