Olive snake eel

Ophichthus rutidoderma

Ninety Five Centimeters Eel from the Pacific Ocean

Olive snake eel is known around West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 95 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Maximum length: 95 cm
Distribution: West Pacific: restricted to the southwestern part of the South China Sea extending to the western coast of the Malay Peninsula.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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