Ophichthus tsuchidae

Ophichthus tsuchidae

Ophichthid Fish of Japanese Waters

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Ophichthus tsuchidae is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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