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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
Tropical
Regional distribution
Anguilliform
Largeyellow 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
- Maximum length
- 98 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: Eureka in northern California, USA to Peru; uncommon in north of Baja California, Mexico.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
