eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
in the family
Ophichthidae
Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ''ophis'' ("serpent") and ''ichthys'' ("fish"). Snake eels are also burrowing eels. They are named for thei ...
(worm/snake eels).''Xyrias multiserialis'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
John Roxborough Norman
John Roxborough Norman (1898, Wandsworth, London – 26 May 1944, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire) was an English ichthyologist.
He started as a clerk in a bank. His lifetime affliction with rheumatic fever began during his military service during the ...
in 1939, originally under the genus ''
Ophichthus
''Ophichthus'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family
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''.Norman, J. R., 1939 (25 Nov.)
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''Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34.'' Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition v. 7 (no. 1): 1-116. It is a
marine
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,
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
eel which is known from the western
Indian Ocean
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, including the
Gulf of Aden
The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Chan ...
and
Somalia
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. It dwells at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum
total length
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Overall length
* Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...