Ophichthidae

spotted snake eel

Ophichthus ophis

Two Hundred Ten Centimeters Eel from the Brazilian Coast

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Ophichthus ophis, the spotted snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, originally under the genus Muraena. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda and southern Florida, USA, Brazil, Lesser Antilles, Senegal, Angola, and the Mediterranean.