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Many-eyed snake eel

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Many-eyed snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species:
O. polyophthalmus
Binomial name
Ophichthus polyophthalmus
Bleeker, 1864

The many-eyed snake eel (Ophichthus polyophthalmus, also known as the large-spotted snake eel, the manyeyed worm eel, the ocellated worm eel, or the yellow-spotted snake eel[1]) is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.[3] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa and the Hawaiian Islands. It dwells at a depth of 2 to 25 metres (6.6 to 82.0 ft), and inhabits sand and rubble sediments near coral reefs. Males can reach a total length of 62.5 centimetres (24.6 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Common names of Ophichthus polyophthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Ophichthus polyophthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Bleeker, P., 1864 [ref. 408] Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 38-54.