Smallfish snake-eel
Quassiremus nothochir
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Ophichthidae
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The smallfish snake eel (Quassiremus nothochir, also known as the redsaddled snake eel in Mexico) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1890 as a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gulf of California and Costa Rica. It dwells in shallow waters at a maximum depth of 20 metres (66 ft), and inhabits sand and rock sediments.
Quassiremus es un género de peces anguiliformes de la familia Ophichthidae. Especies Se reconocen las siguientes especies: Quassiremus ascensionis Quassiremus evionthas Quassiremus nothochir Quassiremus polyclitellum Referencias Enlaces externos Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Quassiremus. Wikispecies tiene un artículo sobre Quassiremus.
Distribution
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