- Source: Ophisternon
Ophisternon is a genus of swamp eels found in fresh and brackish waters in South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Middle America and West Africa. Two species are blind cave-dwellers.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:
Ophisternon aenigmaticum D. E. Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 (Obscure swamp eel)
Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger, 1909) (Guinea swamp eel)
Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 (Bengal eel)
Ophisternon candidum (Mees, 1962) (Blind cave eel)
Ophisternon gutturale (J. Richardson, 1845) (Australian swamp eel)
Ophisternon infernale (C. L. Hubbs, 1938) (Blind swamp eel)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Belut
- Mlilir, Dolopo, Madiun
- Ophisternon
- Ophisternon bengalense
- Swamp eel
- Blind fish
- Blind cave eel
- Blind swamp eel
- Synbranchiformes
- Cavefish
- List of fishes of Bangladesh
- Barrow Island (Western Australia)
