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Ophichthidae
Pisodonophis hypselopterus
Pisodonophis hypselopterus
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Asia (unspecified)
- Anguilliform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Anguilliform
LargePisodonophis hypselopterus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1851, originally under the genus Ophisurus. It is a tropical, freshwater and brackish water-dwelling eel which is known from Borneo, Indonesia, and Pohnpei in Asia.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Pisodonophis
- Maximum length
- 75 cm
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Asia: Borneo and Ponape [=Pohnpei].
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
