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Ophichthidae
surf eel
Ichthyapus ophioneus
Forty Five Centimeters Eel of South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
Mediumsurf eel is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 45 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Ichthyapus
- Maximum length
- 45 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (USA), and Bahamas to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; also northern South America (Ref. 5217 ). Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena Island (Ref. 4455 ) and Ascension (Ref. 86997 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
