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Ophisternon bengalense  McClelland, 1844
Taxonomic Serial No.: 553394

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Synbranchus bengalensis (McClelland, 1844)
  
  Common Name(s): Bengal swamp eel [English]
  
    ricefield eel [English]
  
    Asian swamp eel [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderSynbranchiformes  – swamp eels  
                               SuborderSynbranchoidei   
                                  FamilySynbranchidae  – swamp eels, anguillas de lodo, anguilles des mares  
                                     GenusOphisternon McClelland, 1844 – snake swamp eels  
                                        SpeciesOphisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 – Bengal swamp eel, ricefield eel, Asian swamp eel  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Ophisternon bengalense    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Ophisternon bengalense   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
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  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Ophisternon bengalense   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Central Pacific Territories, Introduced  
 

 

    

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