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Tiger snake eel (Myrichthys xysturus)
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Ecological Illustration of Tiger snake eel (Myrichthys xysturus)
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Ophichthidae

Tiger snake eel

Myrichthys xysturus

Eel from Sixty Meters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • North America
  • Anguilliform
  • Tropical fish

Tiger snake eel is a marine fish found around Eastern Central Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Its body is an eel-like body.

Class
Teleosts
Order
True Eels
Family
Ophichthidae
Genus
Myrichthys
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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