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Ophichthidae

Fringe-lipped worm eel

Schultzidia retropinnis

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish
Maximum length
11.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Taratara Island, off western Samar Island, Philippines. Also from Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Solomon Is.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern
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