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

Brachysomophis 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.