Black-pored snake-eel

Ophichthus melope

Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Ophichthus melope is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1998. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Colombia and Costa Rica.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Maximum length: 27 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica to Colombia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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