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Brachysomophis
Sign in to saveBrachysomophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Brachysomophis, and connects out to Ophichthidae, Animalia and Chordata.
It sits within the topics Brachysomophis, Ophichthinae and Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyOphichthidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Collections
- ANSP, USNM, FMNH, LACM, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico
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- Image
- Brachysomophis crocodilinusl.jpg
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Brachysomophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
==Species== There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: Brachysomophis atlanticus Blache & Saldanha, 1972 Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker, 1857) (Stargazer snake-eel) Brachysomophis crocodilinus (E. T. Bennett, 1833) (Crocodile snake-eel) Brachysomophis henshawi D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904 (Reptilian snake-eel) Brachysomophis longipinnis J. E. McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2001 (Sharp-fanged snake eel) Brachysomophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Brachysomophis umbonis J. E. McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2001
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