''Pisodonophis'' is a

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eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

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Ophichthidae Ophichthidae is a family (biology), family of fish in the order (biology), order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek language, Greek ''ophis'' ("serpent") and ''ichthys'' ("fish"). Snake eels ...

Taxonomy

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Pisodonophis currently contains the following species: * ''

Pisodonophis boro The rice-paddy eel (''Pisodonophis boro''; also known commonly as the Bengal's snake-eel, the estuary snake eel, or the snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm-snake eels).

'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (rice-paddy eel) * '' Pisodonophis cancrivorus'' ( J. Richardson, 1848) (longfin snake-eel) * '' Pisodonophis copelandi'' Herre, 1953 * '' Pisodonophis daspilotus'' C. H. Gilbert, 1898 (marble-toothed snake-eel) * '' Pisodonophis hijala'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * '' Pisodonophis hoeveni'' (

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Pisodonophis hypselopterus'' (

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Pisodonophis retrodorsalis'' ( D. Liu, W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2010}Hibino Y, Ho H-C, Huang J-F (2024) Descriptions of two new dark-body snake eels of the genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. In: Ho H-C, Russell B, Hibino Y, Lee M-Y (Eds) Biodiversity and taxonomy of fishes in Taiwan and adjacent waters. ZooKeys 1220: 63-78. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1220.126337 * '' Pisodonophis sangjuensis'' H. S. Ji & J. K. Kim, 2011 (Korean snake-eel) * '' Pisodonophis semicinctus'' ( J. Richardson, 1848)

References

* Ophichthinae Fish of Bangladesh Fish of Vietnam Freshwater fish of Asia {{Ophichthidae-stub