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Dalophis multidentatus

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Dalophis multidentatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Dalophis
Species:
D. multidentatus
Binomial name
Dalophis multidentatus
Blache & Bauchot, 1972

Dalophis multidentatus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by Jacques Blache and Marie-Louise Bauchot in 1972.[2] It is known from a single specimen collected from the Saloum River in Senegal, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known through this specimen to form burrows in sand or mud on the continental shelf, and to dwell at a depth of 50 metres. Males are able to reach a total length of 15.3 centimetres.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Dalophis multidentatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Blache, J. and M.-L. Bauchot, 1972 [ref. 304] Contribution à la connaissance des poissons Anguilliformes de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 13e note: les genres Verma, Apterichthus, Ichthyapus, Hemerorhinus, Caecula, Dalophis avec la description de deux genres nouveaux (Fam. des Ophichthidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 34 (no. 3): 692-773.