Animalia > Chordata > Anguilliformes > Ophichthidae > Pisodonophis > Pisodonophis hypselopterus

Pisodonophis hypselopterus (Snake eel)

Synonyms: Ophisurus hypselopterus; Ophiurus hypselopterus; Pisoodonophis hypselopterus
Language: Czech; Malay; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Pisodonophis hypselopterus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1851, originally under the genus Ophisurus. It is a tropical, freshwater and brackish water-dwelling eel which is known from Borneo, Indonesia, and Pohnpei in Asia. Males can reach a maximum total length of 75 centimetres (30 in). Due to a lack of information on its ecology and habitat, the IUCN redlist currently lists P. hypselopterus as Data Deficient. It notes, however, that its habitat is under threat due to degradation of neighbouring forests.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0