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Finned worm eel (Echelus uropterus)
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Finned worm eel (Echelus uropterus) specimen
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Ophichthidae

Finned worm eel

Echelus uropterus

Sixty Centimeters Eel

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Finned worm eel is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 60 cm.

Genus
Echelus
Maximum length
60 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Society Islands, north to southern Japan.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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