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Ordinary snake eel (Myrophis microchir)
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Ordinary snake eel (Myrophis microchir) specimen
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Ophichthidae

Ordinary snake eel

Myrophis microchir

Thirty Nine Centimeters Eel of Australian Waters

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

Ordinary snake eel is known around Indo- West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 39 cm.

Maximum length
39 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indo- West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Fiji; Australia to Japan; throughout East Indian region.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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