rice-paddy eel

Pisodonophis boro

One Hundred Centimeters Eel of Indo West Pacific

Tropical
Regional distribution
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The rice-paddy eel (Pisodonophis boro; also known commonly as the Bengal's snake-eel, the estuary snake eel, or the snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm-snake eels). It was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally in the genus Ophisurus. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-West Pacific, including Somalia, Tanzania, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Polynesia, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Madagascar, the Philippines, Malaysia, Mozambique, Seychelles, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and southern Yemen.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Pisodonophis
Maximum length: 100 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Somalia (Ref. 30573 ) and Tanzania south to Knysna, South Africa (Ref. 3972 ), including the Seychelles (Ref. 7245 ); also southern India and Sri Lanka (Ref. 7245 ). Widespread elsewhere from the east Indian coast throughout Indonesia to Polynesia (Ref. 7245 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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