Schultzidia
Sign in to saveSchultzidia is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986), one of the describers of the type species, Muraenichthys johnstonensis. It currently contains the following species:
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyOphichthidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Collections
- ANSP, LACM, BPBM, CAS, FMNH, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Fiji, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
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- Parent taxon
- Ophichthidae
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- Schultzidia
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Schultzidia is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986), one of the describers of the type species, Muraenichthys johnstonensis. It currently contains the following species: Schultzidia johnstonensis (L. P. Schultz & Woods, 1949) (Johnston snake-eel) Schultzidia retropinnis (Fowler, 1934) (fringe-lipped worm-eel)
==References==
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