Sharp-fanged Snake Eel

Brachysomophis longipinnis

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Temperate fish

Brachysomophis longipinnis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and John Ernest Randall in 2001. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from a single specimen collected from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Brachysomophis
Maximum length: 42.1 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Taiwan Strait, Formosa Bank.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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