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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae Snake eels
Subfamily: Ophichthinae
Genus: Ophichthus

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75 species (see list below)

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 76 cm TL
 
Ophichthus alleni
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 120 cm TL
Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Ophichthus altipennis
[Highfin snake eel]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 14.2 cm TL
 
Ophichthus aniptocheilos
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 23.1 cm TL
 
Ophichthus apachus
[Thin snake eel]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 62.8 cm TL
 
Ophichthus aphotistos
[Dark deepwater snake-eel]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 45 cm TL
Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Ophichthus apicalis
[Bluntnose snake-eel]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 30.6 cm TL
 
Ophichthus arneutes
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 70 cm TL
 
Ophichthus asakusae
[]

Photo by Adams, M.J.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 75 cm TL
Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)

Photo by Adams, M.J.
 
Ophichthus bonaparti
[Napoleon snake eel]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 46.1 cm TL
 
Ophichthus brachynotopterus
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic
 
Ophichthus brasiliensis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Ophichthus brevicaudatus
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 29.2 cm TL
 
Ophichthus brevirostris
[Snubnose snake eel]
No picture found
Western Pacific
 
Ophichthus celebicus
[]

Photo by Yin, Robert

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 115 cm TL
Ophichthus cephalozona Bleeker, 1864

Photo by Yin, Robert
 
Ophichthus cephalozona
[Dark-shouldered snake eel]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 52.2 cm TL
 
Ophichthus congroides
[]

Photo by Love, J.W.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 46.7 cm TL
Ophichthus cruentifer (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Photo by Love, J.W.
 
Ophichthus cruentifer
[Margined snake eel]

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 93.3 cm TL
Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani, 1839)

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.
 
Ophichthus cylindroideus
[Dusky snake eel]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 51 cm TL
 
Ophichthus echeloides
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 72 cm TL
Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Ophichthus erabo
[Blotched snake-eel]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 66.9 cm TL
 
Ophichthus exourus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 11.5 cm TL
 
Ophichthus fasciatus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 92 cm TL
 
Ophichthus fowleri
[Fowler's snake eel]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 86 cm TL
Ophichthus frontalis Garman, 1899

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Ophichthus frontalis
[Deathbanded snakeeel]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 33.7 cm TL
 
Ophichthus genie
[]

Photo by Sazima, I.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 91.4 cm TL
Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855)

Photo by Sazima, I.
 
Ophichthus gomesii
[Shrimp eel]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
 
Ophichthus grandoculis
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 53.4 cm TL
 
Ophichthus hirritus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 66.9 cm TL
 
Ophichthus humanni
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic.
 
Ophichthus hyposagmatus
[Faintsaddled snake eel]
No picture found
Off the Gulf of Aden, Som
Max. Length 43.7 cm TL
 
Ophichthus ishiyamorum
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 47.3 cm TL
 
Ophichthus kunaloa
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 62.8 cm TL
 
Ophichthus lentiginosus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 23.2 cm TL
 
Ophichthus leonensis
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific.
 
Ophichthus limkouensis
[]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Pacific.

Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Ophichthus lithinus
[Evermann's snake eel]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 58.7 cm TL
Ophichthus longipenis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Ophichthus longipenis
[Slender snake eel]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 92 cm TL
Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Ophichthus macrochir
[Bigfin snake eel]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific.
 
Ophichthus macrops
[]
No picture found
Mediterranean Sea
 
Ophichthus maculatus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Ophichthus manilensis
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 47 cm TL
Ophichthus marginatus (Peters, 1855)

Photo by SFSA
 
Ophichthus marginatus
[Shorthead snake-eel]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 27.4 cm TL
 
Ophichthus mecopterus
[Longarmed snake eel]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 33.2 cm TL
 
Ophichthus megalops
[]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Ophichthus melanoporus Kanazawa, 1963

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Ophichthus melanoporus
[Blackpored eel]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 27 cm TL
 
Ophichthus melope
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic.
 
Ophichthus menezesi
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 48.9 cm TL
 
Ophichthus microstictus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 42.9 cm TL
 
Ophichthus mystacinus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic.
 
Ophichthus omorgmus
[Dottedline snake eel]

Photo by Sampaio, C.L.S.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 210 cm TL
Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Sampaio, C.L.S.
 
Ophichthus ophis
[Spotted snake eel]

Photo by Greenfield, J.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 62.5 cm TL
Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864

Photo by Greenfield, J.
 
Ophichthus polyophthalmus
[Many-eyed snake-eel]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 58.5 cm TL
 
Ophichthus pullus
[]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 81 cm TL
Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup, 1859)

Photo by Flescher, D.
 
Ophichthus puncticeps
[Palespotted eel]

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 85 cm TL
Ophichthus remiger (Valenciennes, 1837)

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.
 
Ophichthus remiger
[Punctuated snake-eel]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Ophichthus retrodorsalis
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 211 cm TL
 
Ophichthus rex
[King snake eel]
No picture found
Western Pacific.
 
Ophichthus roseus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 79.3 cm TL
 
Ophichthus rotundus
[]

Photo by García Rodríguez, M.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Ophichthus rufus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Photo by García Rodríguez, M.
 
Ophichthus rufus
[Rufus snake-eel]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 68 cm TL
 
Ophichthus rugifer
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 95 cm TL
Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1852)

Photo by FAO
 
Ophichthus rutidoderma
[Olive snake eel]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 68 cm TL
Ophichthus serpentinus Seale, 1917

Photo by SFSA
 
Ophichthus serpentinus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific.
 
Ophichthus singapurensis
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 107 cm TL
Ophichthus spinicauda (Norman, 1922)

Photo by FAO
 
Ophichthus spinicauda
[Antillean snake eel]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific.
 
Ophichthus stenopterus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Ophichthus tchangi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 55.6 cm TL
 
Ophichthus tetratrema
[]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 44.7 cm TL
 
Ophichthus tomioi
[]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 121.5 cm TL
Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup, 1856)

Photo by FAO
 
Ophichthus triserialis
[Pacific snake eel]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Ophichthus tsuchidae Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Ophichthus tsuchidae
[]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Ophichthus unicolor Regan, 1908

Photo by SFSA
 
Ophichthus unicolor
[Plain snake-eel]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 61.5 cm TL
Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Ophichthus urolophus
[Manetail snake eel]
No picture found
Western Pacific.
 
Ophichthus woosuitingi
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 98 cm TL
Ophichthus zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Ophichthus zophochir
[Yellow snake eel]
75 Species of Family Ophichthidae with Genus Ophichthus
(Snake eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
2010 Ophichthus alleni Western Pacific 76 TL
1856 Ophichthus altipennis Highfin snake eel Indo-Pacific. 120 TL
2010 Ophichthus aniptocheilos Eastern Central Pacific 14.2 TL
1998 Ophichthus apachus Thin snake eel Eastern Central Pacific 23.1 TL
2000 Ophichthus aphotistos Dark deepwater snake-eel Northwest Pacific 62.8 TL
1830 Ophichthus apicalis Bluntnose snake-eel Indo-Pacific 45 TL
1998 Ophichthus arneutes Southeast Pacific 30.6 TL
1901 Ophichthus asakusae Northwest Pacific 70 TL
1856 Ophichthus bonaparti Napoleon snake eel Indo-Pacific 75 TL
1983 Ophichthus brachynotopterus Western Indian Ocean 46.1 TL
1856 Ophichthus brasiliensis Southwest Atlantic
1981 Ophichthus brevicaudatus Northwest Pacific
2007 Ophichthus brevirostris Snubnose snake eel Western Atlantic Ocean 29.2 TL
1856 Ophichthus celebicus Western Pacific
1864 Ophichthus cephalozona Dark-shouldered snake eel Pacific Ocean 115 TL
2010 Ophichthus congroides Eastern Central Pacific 52.2 TL
1896 Ophichthus cruentifer Margined snake eel Western Atlantic 46.7 TL
1839 Ophichthus cylindroideus Dusky snake eel Western Atlantic 93.3 TL
1928 Ophichthus echeloides Western Indian Ocean 51 TL
1901 Ophichthus erabo Blotched snake-eel Indo-Pacific 72 TL
1999 Ophichthus exourus Western Pacific 66.9 TL
1981 Ophichthus fasciatus Northwest Pacific 11.5 TL
1903 Ophichthus fowleri Fowler's snake eel Eastern Central Pacific 92 TL
1899 Ophichthus frontalis Deathbanded snakeeel Eastern Central Pacific 86 TL
1999 Ophichthus genie Indo-Pacific 33.7 TL
1855 Ophichthus gomesii Shrimp eel Western Atlantic 91.4 TL
1849 Ophichthus grandoculis Eastern Indian Ocean
2010 Ophichthus hirritus Western Indian Ocean 53.4 TL
2010 Ophichthus humanni Western Pacific 66.9 TL
1984 Ophichthus hyposagmatus Faintsaddled snake eel Western Central Atlantic.
2010 Ophichthus ishiyamorum Off the Gulf of Aden, Som 43.7 TL
1979 Ophichthus kunaloa Eastern Central Pacific 47.3 TL
2010 Ophichthus lentiginosus Western Central Pacific 62.8 TL
1975 Ophichthus leonensis Eastern Atlantic 23.2 TL
1929 Ophichthus limkouensis Western Central Pacific.
1908 Ophichthus lithinus Evermann's snake eel Western Pacific.
1998 Ophichthus longipenis Slender snake eel Eastern Central Pacific 58.7 TL
1853 Ophichthus macrochir Bigfin snake eel Indo-Pacific. 92 TL
1910 Ophichthus macrops Western Central Pacific.
1810 Ophichthus maculatus Mediterranean Sea
1923 Ophichthus manilensis Western Central Pacific
1855 Ophichthus marginatus Shorthead snake-eel Western Indian Ocean 47 TL
1998 Ophichthus mecopterus Longarmed snake eel Eastern Central Pacific 27.4 TL
1987 Ophichthus megalops Northwest Pacific 33.2 TL
1963 Ophichthus melanoporus Blackpored eel Western Atlantic 70 TL
1998 Ophichthus melope Eastern Central Pacific 27 TL
1984 Ophichthus menezesi Southwest Atlantic.
2010 Ophichthus microstictus Western Central Pacific 48.9 TL
1999 Ophichthus mystacinus Western Pacific 42.9 TL
1984 Ophichthus omorgmus Dottedline snake eel Western Central Atlantic.
1758 Ophichthus ophis Spotted snake eel Western Atlantic 210 TL
1864 Ophichthus polyophthalmus Many-eyed snake-eel Indo-Pacific 62.5 TL
2005 Ophichthus pullus Eastern Atlantic 58.5 TL
1859 Ophichthus puncticeps Palespotted eel Western Atlantic 81 TL
1837 Ophichthus remiger Punctuated snake-eel Eastern Pacific 85 TL
2010 Ophichthus retrodorsalis Northwest Pacific
1980 Ophichthus rex King snake eel Western Atlantic 211 TL
1917 Ophichthus roseus Western Pacific.
1997 Ophichthus rotundus Northwest Pacific 79.3 TL
1810 Ophichthus rufus Rufus snake-eel Eastern Atlantic 60 TL
1890 Ophichthus rugifer Eastern Pacific 68 TL
1852 Ophichthus rutidoderma Olive snake eel Indo-Pacific. 95 TL
1917 Ophichthus serpentinus Southeast Atlantic 68 TL
1865 Ophichthus singapurensis Western Pacific.
1922 Ophichthus spinicauda Antillean snake eel Western Central Atlantic 107 TL
1871 Ophichthus stenopterus Western Central Pacific.
2002 Ophichthus tchangi Northwest Pacific
1998 Ophichthus tetratrema Eastern Pacific 55.6 TL
2010 Ophichthus tomioi Indo-Pacific 44.7 TL
1856 Ophichthus triserialis Pacific snake eel Eastern Pacific 121.5 TL
1901 Ophichthus tsuchidae Northwest Pacific 50 TL
1908 Ophichthus unicolor Plain snake-eel Southeast Atlantic 30 TL
1846 Ophichthus urolophus Manetail snake eel Indo-Pacific. 61.5 TL
1929 Ophichthus woosuitingi Western Pacific.
1882 Ophichthus zophochir Yellow snake eel Eastern Pacific 98 TL



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