Suculentophichthus
Appearance
Suculentophichthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Suculentophichthus R. Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2015 [1] |
Species: | S. nasus
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Binomial name | |
Suculentophichthus nasus |
Suculentophichthus nasus also known as the Red Sea flappy snake eel is a species of ophichthid fish found in Israel. This species occurs Eilat in Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Israel. This species is the only known member of the genus Suculentophichthus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fricke, R.; Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2015). "Suculentophichthus nasus, a new genus and new species of snake eel from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Ophichthidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 16: 56–66.