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Echelus

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Echelus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. [1]

16 relations: Actinopterygii, Animal, Carl Linnaeus, Chordate, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Echelus pachyrhynchus, Eel, Family (biology), Finned worm eel, Genus, Hermann Schlegel, John E. McCosker, Léon Vaillant, Ophichthidae, Painted eel.

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Coenraad Jacob Temminck

Coenraad Jacob Temminck (31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist, and museum director.

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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), was a nineteenth-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France.

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Echelus pachyrhynchus

Echelus pachyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

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Eel

An eel is any ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and about 800 species.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Finned worm eel

The Finned worm eel (Echelus uropterus, also known as the Finned snake eel in Australia) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Hermann Schlegel

Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.

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John E. McCosker

John Edward McCosker is a well-known expert in ichthyology and as has been part of expeditions to many countries such as Antarctic, Australia, and the Galapagos.

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Léon Vaillant

Léon Louis Vaillant (11 November 1834 – 24 November 1914) was a French zoologist.

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Ophichthidae

Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels.

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Painted eel

The Painted eel (Echelus myrus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echelus

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