Philippines worm eel

Muraenichthys philippinensis

Eel Reaching Thirty Centimeters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

The Philippines worm eel (Muraenichthys philippinensis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz and Loren Paul Woods in 1949. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Philippines (from which its species epithet and common name are derived), in the western central Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Muraenichthys
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Pacific: Philippines.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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