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Ophichthidae
Brachysomophis porphyreus
Brachysomophis porphyreus
Purple bodied eel around Taiwan Japan and Korea
- Purple
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Anguilliform
- Large
- Temperate fish
Purple
Temperate
Regional distribution
Anguilliform
LargeBrachysomophis porphyreus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including Taiwan, China, Japan, and Korea.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Brachysomophis
- Maximum length
- 130 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Taiwan and the southern coasts of China and Japan.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
