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yellow snake eel (Ophichthus zophochir)
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Ecological Illustration of yellow snake eel (Ophichthus zophochir)
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Ophichthidae

yellow snake eel

Ophichthus zophochir

Eel Over Sandy Bottoms

  • Yellow
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

yellow snake eel is known from Eastern Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

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