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Ophichthidae
Sharpsnout snake eel
Apterichtus klazingai
Forty Five Point Five Centimeters Eel of African Waters
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Anguilliform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Anguilliform
MediumSharpsnout snake eel is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 45.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Apterichtus
- Maximum length
- 45.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Marshall Islands (Ref. 2334 ); reported from the Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 58302 ) and Marqueses (Ref. 101270 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
