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Ophichthidae
palespotted eel
Ophichthus puncticeps
Eighty One Centimeters Eel of Mexican Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
Largepalespotted eel is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 81 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Ophichthus
- Maximum length
- 81 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northeast Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; absent from the Bahamas and most islands of the Caribbean.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
