Schultzidia

Schultzidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Myrophinae
Genus:	Schultzidia Gosline, 1951
Type species
Muraenichthys johnstonensis Schultz & Woods, 1949 [1]
Species
See text.

Schultzidia is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz (1901-1986), one of the describers of the type species, Muraenichthys johnstonensis. ^[2] It currently contains the following species: ^[3]

• Schultzidia johnstonensis (L. P. Schultz & Woods, 1949) (Johnston snake-eel)
• Schultzidia retropinnis (Fowler, 1934) (fringe-lipped worm-eel)

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 January 2021.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (20 September 2020). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Schultzidia". FishBase . Retrieved 27 January 2021.