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king snake eel (Ophichthus rex)
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Ecological Illustration of king snake eel (Ophichthus rex)
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Ophichthidae

king snake eel

Ophichthus rex

Fish Found at Sixty Four Meters

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

king snake eel is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 211 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
True Eels
Family
Ophichthidae
Genus
Ophichthus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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