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GBIF·2404884speciesAnimalia1 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAnguilliformes
  4. ›familyOphichthidae
  5. ›genusLeptocephalus
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Leptocephalus ophichthoides

Leptocephalus ophichthoides D'Ancona, 1928

First described in: D'Ancona, U. (1928). Murenoidi (Apodes) del Mar Rosso e del Golfo di Aden. <em>Materiali raccolti dal Prof. Luigi Sanzo nella Campagna della R. N. "Ammiraglio Magnaghi" 1923-24. Memoria, Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 146: 1-146, Pls. 1-5.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2404884.