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Ophichthidae
Fintail serpent eel
Neenchelys buitendijki
Thirty Centimeters Eel of the Indian Ocean
Fintail serpent eel is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Neenchelys
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: India, Indonesia and western Malaysia. Also reported from Pakistan and Vietnam.

