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Synbranchidae
Bengal eel
Ophisternon bengalense
Excavating burrows for nests
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- East Asia
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
East Asia
LargeBengal eel is a freshwater fish found around Asia and Oceania. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 100 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Swamp Eels
- Family
- Synbranchidae
- Genus
- Ophisternon
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Distribution
- Asia and Oceania: India and Sri Lanka to south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea. Recorded from Australia (Ref. 7300 ) and Palau (Ref. 6371 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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