Allen's Snake Eel

Ophichthus alleni

Fish Reaching Seventy Six Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Anguilliform
Large

Ophichthus alleni is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by John E. McCosker in 2010. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel known from Australia, in the western Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Maximum length: 76 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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