| Xestochilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
References
References
- McCosker, J.E. (2010). "Xestochilus nebulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T154766A4628935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154766A4628935.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- "Xestochilus nebulosus, Nebulous snake eel". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xestochilus nebulosus". FishBase. June 2011 version.