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''Schultzidia'' is a genus of
eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist
Leonard Peter Schultz Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986) was an American ichthyologist. Biography Schultz was born in 1901, at Albion, Michigan. He received education on ichthyology at Albion College, in which he got his bachelor's degree, in 1924. In 1926, he g ...
(1901-1986), one of the describers of the type species, ''Muraenichthys johnstonensis''. It currently contains the following species: * ''
Schultzidia johnstonensis The Johnston snake eel (''Schultzidia johnstonensis''), also known as the peppered worm eel in Micronesia and Hawaii is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).
'' ( L. P. Schultz &
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, 1949)
(Johnston snake-eel) * ''
Schultzidia retropinnis The Fringe-lipped worm-eelFowler, 1934) (fringe-lipped worm-eel)


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Ophichthidae {{Ophichthidae-stub