Hoeven's snake eel

Pisodonophis hoevenii

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
West Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Hoeven's snake eel (Pisodonophis hoeveni) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853, originally under the genus Ophisurus. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from three specimens found in the Indo-Western Pacific, including Sulawesi, Indonesia, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Pisodonophis
Maximum length: 22 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: known only from the 21.7 cm holotype from Sulawesi (Indonesia) and from the two reported in 1944 by Blegvad from the Arabian and Oman gulfs.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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