Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ophis ("serpent")...
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Family Derichthyidae Gill, 1884 (longneck eels or narrowneck eels) Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870 (snake eels and worm eels) Subfamily Myrophinae Kaup, 1856...
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Echelus is a genus of eels in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae. There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758)...
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Congroidei Colocongridae (Shorttail eels) Derichthyidae (Longneck eels) Ophichthidae (Snake eels) Muraenesocidae (Pike congers) Nettastomatidae (Duckbill...
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Apterichtus is a genus of fish in the family Ophichthidae (snake eels). Many of its species are called finless eels. The name literally means "finless...
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Stictorhinus potamius is a species of freshwater eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in the major river basins...
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tiger snake eel or the spotted tiger snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1859...
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snake eel or the spotted snake eel, is a species of fish in the family Ophichthidae, native to the Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally encountered in the aquarium...
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Pisodonophis copelandi is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Albert William Herre in 1953. It is a marine, tropical...
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Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Ophichthidae Genus: Myrichthys Species: M. colubrinus Binomial name Myrichthys colubrinus...
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Congroidei Colocongridae (Shorttail eels) Derichthyidae (Longneck eels) Ophichthidae (Snake eels) Muraenesocidae (Pike congers) Nettastomatidae (Duckbill...
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Congroidei Colocongridae (Shorttail eels) Derichthyidae (Longneck eels) Ophichthidae (Snake eels) Muraenesocidae (Pike congers) Nettastomatidae (Duckbill...
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Congroidei Colocongridae (Shorttail eels) Derichthyidae (Longneck eels) Ophichthidae (Snake eels) Muraenesocidae (Pike congers) Nettastomatidae (Duckbill...
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Ophichthus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. There are currently around 80 recognized species in this genus: Ophichthus alleni J...
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Blackspotted snake eel (category Ophichthidae stubs)
snake eel (Quassiremus ascensionis) is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by Théophile Rudolphe Studer in 1889. It is a rare...
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At first, it was classified the earliest member of the eel family, Ophichthidae (snake eels). However, upon further inspection, the fossil only displayed...
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The speckled worm-eel, Myrophis punctatus, is a member of the Ophichthidae (snake eel) family. It was described by Christian Frederik Lütken in 1852. M...
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Congroidei Colocongridae (Shorttail eels) Derichthyidae (Longneck eels) Ophichthidae (Snake eels) Muraenesocidae (Pike congers) Nettastomatidae (Duckbill...
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Congroidei Colocongridae (Shorttail eels) Derichthyidae (Longneck eels) Ophichthidae (Snake eels) Muraenesocidae (Pike congers) Nettastomatidae (Duckbill...
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Odontaspididae Odontobutidae Ogcocephalidae Olyridae Omosudidae Oneirodidae Ophichthidae Ophidiidae Opisthoproctidae Opistognathidae Oplegnathidae Orectolobidae...
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Pisodonophis (category Ophichthidae stubs)
Pisodonophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The genus Pisodonophis currently contains the following species: Pisodonophis boro...
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selachops, also known as the smiling sand eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles...
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Snaggle-toothed snake-eel (category Ophichthidae stubs)
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 2001...
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Myrophinae (category Ophichthidae)
worm eels, is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ophichthidae, which also includes the snake eels in the subfamily Ophichthinae. Myrophinae...
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The thin sand-eel (Yirrkala tenuis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under...
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Bascanichthys paulensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Margaret Hamilton Storey in 1939. It is a tropical...
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Pisodonophis semicinctus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). First described by John Richardson in 1848., it is a marine, subtropical...
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Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf...
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feed on varieties of eels (of the families Congridae, Muraenidae, and Ophichthidae), but also eat small fish (including those of the families Pomacentridae...
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Ophisurus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species: Ophisurus macrorhynchos Bleeker, 1853 Ophisurus...
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