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    colubrinus, the banded snake eel, ringed snake eel or harlequin snake eel, is a snake eel from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium...
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    The fable of the Eel and the Snake was originated by Laurentius Abstemius in his Hecatomythium (1490). Versions of it appeared in several European languages...
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    their life in freshwater, the anadromous rice-paddy eel, which spawns in freshwater, and the freshwater snake eel Stictorhinus. Eels are elongated fish, ranging...
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  • Thumbnail for Myrichthys maculosus
    known as the tiger snake eel, the ocellate snake eel or the spotted snake eel, is a species of fish in the family Ophichthidae, native to the Indo-Pacific...
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  • There are two species of eel with the common name of blotched snake eel: Callechelys muraena Ophichthus erabo This page is an index of articles on animal...
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  • There are two species of eel named spotted snake eel: Myrichthys maculosus Myrichthys tigrinus This page is an index of articles on animal species (or...
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  • Thumbnail for Saddled snake-eel
    The saddled snake-eel (Leiuranus semicinctus), also known commonly as the halfbanded snake-eel, the banded snake eel, or the culverin, is an eel in the...
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    The dark-shouldered snake eel (Ophichthus cephalozona, also known commonly as the headsaddle snake eel, the black-neck snake eel, the blacksaddle snake...
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    The rice-paddy eel (Pisodonophis boro; also known commonly as the Bengal's snake-eel, the estuary snake eel, or the snake eel) is an eel in the family...
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  • Thumbnail for Napoleon snake eel
    The Napoleon snake eel (Ophichthus bonaparti, also known as the Napoleon eel, the Purplebanded snake eel, or the Saddled snake-eel) is an eel in the family...
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  • Thumbnail for Marble-toothed snake-eel
    The Marble-toothed snake-eel (Pisodonophis daspilotus, also known as the Blunt-toothed snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels)...
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  • Thumbnail for Many-eyed snake eel
    The many-eyed snake eel (Ophichthus polyophthalmus, also known as the large-spotted snake eel, the manyeyed worm eel, the ocellated worm eel, or the yellow-spotted...
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    Amphiuma (redirect from Congo eel)
    as "conger eels" or "Congo snakes", which are zoologically incorrect designations or misnomers, since amphiumas are actually salamanders (and thus amphibians)...
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    Ophichthidae (redirect from Snake eel)
    in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ophis ("serpent") and ichthys ("fish"). Snake eels...
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  • Thumbnail for Pacific snake eel
    The Pacific snake eel (Ophichthus triserialis, also known as the spotted snake eel in the United States) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake...
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  • The longarmed snake eel (Ophichthus mecopterus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard...
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  • The African spoon-nose eel (Mystriophis rostellatus, also known commonly as the west coast snake eel or simply snake eel,) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae...
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  • Thumbnail for Manetail snake eel
    The manetail snake eel (Ophichthus urolophus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and...
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  • The snaggle-toothed snake-eel (Aplatophis zorro) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by John E. McCosker and David Ross Robertson in...
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  • Thumbnail for Reptilian snake eel
    The reptilian snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi), also known as Henshaw's snake eel, the Hawaiian crocodile eel or the crocodile snake eel, is an eel...
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    The longfin snake-eel (Pisodonophis cancrivorus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Richardson in 1848. It...
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  • Thumbnail for Bluntnose snake eel
    The bluntnose snake eel (Ophichthus apicalis, also known commonly as the pointed-tail snake-eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm or snake eels)...
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  • Armless snake eel Finny snake eel Ordinary snake eel Reptilian snake eel Snaggle-toothed snake-eel Stargazer snake eel Snake mackerel Toadfish Viperfish...
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    The highfin snake eel (Ophichthus altipennis, also known as the blackfin snake eel or the black-finned snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae...
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  • Thumbnail for Fringelip snake-eel
    The fringelip snake-eel (Cirrhimuraena playfairii) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Albert Günther in 1870....
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  • Thumbnail for Punctuated snake eel
    The punctuated snake eel (Ophichthus remiger, also known as the common snake eel in Peru) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was...
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  • Thumbnail for Crocodile snake eel
    The crocodile snake eel (Brachysomophis crocodilinus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Edward Turner Bennett...
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  • Thumbnail for Magnificent snake eel
    The magnificent snake eel (Myrichthys magnifies), also known as the Hawaiian spotted snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels)...
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  • The dottedline snake eel (Ophichthus omorgmus) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker...
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  • The king snake eel (Ophichthus rex) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and John H. Caruso in...
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