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Wrinkled Snake-eel (Ophichthus rugifer)
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Ecological Illustration of Wrinkled Snake-eel (Ophichthus rugifer)
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Ophichthidae

Wrinkled Snake-eel

Ophichthus rugifer

Sixty Eight Centimeters Eel of the Pacific Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Wrinkled Snake-eel is a marine fish found around Eastern Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 68 cm.

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