Schultzidia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Subfamily: Myrophinae
Genus: Schultzidia
Gosline, 1951
Type species
Muraenichthys johnstonensis
Schultz & Woods, 1949[1]
Species

See text.

Schultzidia is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz (1901-1986), one of the describers of the type species, Muraenichthys johnstonensis.[2] It currently contains the following species:[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. โ†‘ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (20 September 2020). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. โ†‘ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Schultzidia in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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