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Freshwater Snake Eel

Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort 1916)

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Freshwater snake-eel

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The freshwater snake-eel[2] (Lamnostoma kampeni) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916.[4] It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from Asia and Oceania, including New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Vanuatu. Males can reach a maximum total length of 41 centimetres.[3]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Lamnostoma kampeni at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Lamnostoma kampeni at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Lamnostoma kampeni at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 [ref. 4604] The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.
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Freshwater snake-eel: Brief Summary

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The freshwater snake-eel (Lamnostoma kampeni) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916. It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from Asia and Oceania, including New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Vanuatu. Males can reach a maximum total length of 41 centimetres.

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