Ophichthidae

longfin snake-eel

Pisodonophis cancrivorus

Cylindrical body compressed tail

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The longfin snake-eel (Pisodonophis cancrivorus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Richardson in 1848. It has a Dorsal fin beginning above its pectoral fin with a snake-like upper body which is cylindrical, but compressed only along its extreme tail tip.