Painted eel

Echelus myrus

Eel between Fresh and Salt Water

White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Painted eel is known around Eastern Atlantic as a fish; It occurs in estuaries and brackish water, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 100 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Echelus
Body shape: anguilliform