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Ophisternon candidum

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII SYNBRANCHIFORMES SYNBRANCHIDAE

Scientific Name: Ophisternon candidum
Species Authority: (Mees, 1962)
Common Name/s:
English – Blind Cave Eel

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Date Assessed: 1996-08-01
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Wager, R.
History:
1994 – Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Indeterminate (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Australia
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Wager, R. 1996. Ophisternon candidum. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 December 2013.
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