''Schultzidia'' is a genus of
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 ...
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist
Leonard Peter Schultz
Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986) was an American ichthyologist.
Biography
Schultz was born in 1901, at Albion, Michigan. He received education on ichthyology at Albion College, in which he got his bachelor's degree, in 1924. In 1926, he got ...
(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
Myrophinae
Taxa named by William Alonzo Gosline III
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