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Dottedline snake eel

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 11, 2022
Entity authorityQ4023230 ↗
Source-derived summary

The dottedline snake eel (Ophichthus omorgmus) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and Eugenia Brandt Böhlke in 1984. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 183 meters.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dottedline snake eel” as species of fish. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Dottedline, snake and species can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of fish. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 11, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q4023230. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1984.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dottedline snake eel” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.