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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Pisodonophis
Maximum length: 108 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to French Polynesia, north to the Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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