Animal Diversity Web

Ophichthus gomesii

Gomes's snake eel

(Also: Sea eel; Sea serpent; Shrimp Eel; Whipsnake eel)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Anguilliformes (eels)
        
        Family Ophichthidae (Snake eels)
        
        Genus Ophichthus
        
        Species Ophichthus gomesii (Gomes's snake eel)