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Ophichthus menezesi

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 8, 2021
Entity authorityQ2741107 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ophichthus menezesi is an eel 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 southwestern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 177 meters (581 ft).

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The public source identifies “Ophichthus menezesi” as species of fish. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ophichthus, menezesi and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ophichthus, menezesi and species providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 8, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q2741107. 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 “Ophichthus menezesi” 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.