• Source: Fringe-lipped worm-eel

The Fringe-lipped worm-eel (Schultzidia retropinnis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Taratara Island, Samar Island, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Solomon Island. It dwells at a maximum depth of 48 metres (157 ft), and inhabits benthic sand sediments in coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in).




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Fringe-lipped worm-eel
• Schultzidia
• Fringelip snake-eel
• List of least concern fishes
• List of fishes of India
• Cirrhimuraena calamus
• Demersal fish
• Carp
• List of data deficient fishes
• List of freshwater aquarium fish species