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Saddled snake eel (Pisodonophis semicinctus)
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Saddled snake eel (Pisodonophis semicinctus) specimen
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Ophichthidae

Saddled snake eel

Pisodonophis semicinctus

Eel Reaching Eighty Centimeters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Saddled snake eel is a fish of Eastern Central Atlantic. Records give a maximum length of 80 cm. Its body is an eel-like body.

Maximum length
80 cm
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Eastern Central Atlantic: Morocco to Angola, strays in the Mediterranean Sea.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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