Xestochilus
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| Xestochilus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Xestochilus McCosker, 1998 |
| Species: | X. nebulosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xestochilus nebulosus (J. L. B. Smith, 1962)
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Xestochilus is a genus of eel in the family Ophichthidae. The genus contains one species being Xestochilus nebulosus, nebulosus snake eel. X. nebulosus lives in the indo-pacific ocean in 2 to 42 meter deep waters. The nebulosus snake eel are found in tidepools, weed bottoms and sand inside tropical waters .The species max length is 47 centimeters.[2]
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