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Family: Ophichthidae Snake eels



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318 species (see list below)

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Photo by Allen, G.R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 108 cm TL
Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Pisodonophis cancrivorus
[Longfin snake-eel]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 30.8 cm SL
 
Pisodonophis copelandi
[]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 68 cm TL
Pisodonophis daspilotus Gilbert, 1898

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Pisodonophis daspilotus
[Blunt-toothed snake eel]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific.
 
Pisodonophis hijala
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Pisodonophis hoeveni (Bleeker, 1853)

Photo by FAO
 
Pisodonophis hoeveni
[Hoeven's snake eel]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 75 cm TL
 
Pisodonophis hypselopterus
[]

Photo by Kim, J.K.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 60.1 cm TL
Pisodonophis sangjuensis Ji & Kim, 2011

Photo by Kim, J.K.
 
Pisodonophis sangjuensis
[Korean Snake eel]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 80 cm TL
Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson, 1848)

Photo by FAO
 
Pisodonophis semicinctus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 25.9 cm TL
 
Pseudomyrophis atlanticus
[]

Photo by Figueiredo, J.L./Menezes, N.A.

Southwest Atlantic.
Max. Length 26 cm NG
Pseudomyrophis frio (Jordan & Davis, 1891)

Photo by Figueiredo, J.L./Menezes, N.A.
 
Pseudomyrophis frio
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic.
 
Pseudomyrophis fugesae
[Diminutive worm eel]

Photo by Amezcua Linares, F.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Pseudomyrophis micropinna Wade, 1946

Photo by Amezcua Linares, F.
 
Pseudomyrophis micropinna
[Plain worm eel]
No picture found
Atlantic
Max. Length 36.7 cm TL
 
Pseudomyrophis nimius
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 121.8 cm TL
 
Pylorobranchus hearstorum
[]

Photo by Loh, K.H.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 67.6 cm TL
Pylorobranchus hoi McCosker, Loh, Lin & Chen, 2012

Photo by Loh, K.H.
 
Pylorobranchus hoi
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 71 cm TL
 
Quassiremus ascensionis
[Blackspotted snake eel]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 71 cm TL
Quassiremus evionthas (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Quassiremus evionthas
[Galapagos snake eel]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Quassiremus nothochir (Gilbert, 1890)

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Quassiremus nothochir
[Smallfish snake-eel]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 79.5 cm SL
 
Quassiremus polyclitellum
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 45.7 cm TL
 
Rhinophichthus penicillatus
[]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Schismorhynchus labialis
[Grooved-jaw worm eel]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz & Woods, 1949)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Schultzidia johnstonensis
[Johnston snake-eel]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 11.5 cm TL
 
Schultzidia retropinnis
[Fringe-lipped worm eel]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Scolecenchelys acutirostris
[Sharpnose worm eel]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Scolecenchelys aoki
[Misaki worm eel]

Photo by Good, P.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881)

Photo by Good, P.
 
Scolecenchelys australis
[Shortfinned worm eel]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 31.4 cm TL
 
Scolecenchelys brevicaudata
[Short tail worm eel]

Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876)

Photo by CSIRO
 
Scolecenchelys breviceps
[Short-headed worm eel]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 58 cm TL
 
Scolecenchelys castlei
[Deepwater big-eyed worm eel]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 28.4 cm SL
 
Scolecenchelys chilensis
[Chilean worm eel]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 15.5 cm TL
Scolecenchelys cookei (Fowler, 1928)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Scolecenchelys cookei
[]
No picture found
Northwestern Pacific
Max. Length 26.5 cm TL
 
Scolecenchelys fuscogularis
[Dark throat worm eel]
No picture found
Western Pacific.
 
Scolecenchelys godeffroyi
[Godeffroy]

Photo by Williams, J.T.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 38 cm TL
Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857)

Photo by Williams, J.T.
 
Scolecenchelys gymnota
[Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Scolecenchelys iredalei
[Coral worm eel]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897)

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Scolecenchelys laticaudata
[Redfin worm-eel]

Photo by Krumme, U.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857)

Photo by Krumme, U.
 
Scolecenchelys macroptera
[Narrow worm eel]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Scolecenchelys nicholsae
[Nichols' worm eel]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 33.4 cm TL
 
Scolecenchelys profundorum
[Deepwater worm eel]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Scolecenchelys puhioilo
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 29 cm TL
 
Scolecenchelys robusta
[Robust worm eel]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Scolecenchelys vermiformis
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Scolecenchelys xorae (Smith, 1958)

Photo by SFSA
 
Scolecenchelys xorae
[Orangehead worm-eel]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 97 cm TL
Scytalichthys miurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Scytalichthys miurus
[Shorttail viper eel]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 22.5 cm TL
 
Skythrenchelys macrostomus
[]

Photo by Bucol, A.A.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 29.6 cm TL
Skythrenchelys zabra Castle & McCosker, 1999

Photo by Bucol, A.A.
 
Skythrenchelys zabra
[Angry worm eel]
No picture found
South America
Max. Length 34.5 cm TL
 
Stictorhinus potamius
[]

Photo by Golani, D.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 37.5 cm TL
Suculentophichthus nasus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2015

Photo by Golani, D.
 
Suculentophichthus nasus
[Red Sea flappy snake eel]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 47 cm SL
Xestochilus nebulosus (Smith, 1962)

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Xestochilus nebulosus
[Nebulous snake eel]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 81.9 cm TL
 
Xyrias chioui
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 63.6 cm TL
 
Xyrias guineensis
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 75.2 cm TL
 
Xyrias multiserialis
[Speckled snake eel]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 93 cm TL
 
Xyrias revulsus
[Strict snake eel]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 39.5 cm TL
 
Yirrkala calyptra
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific.
 
Yirrkala chaselingi
[]
No picture found
Type locality is given as
 
Yirrkala fusca
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 15.3 cm TL
 
Yirrkala gjellerupi
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 25.8 cm TL
 
Yirrkala insolitus
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Yirrkala kaupii
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Yirrkala macrodon
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific.
 
Yirrkala maculata
[]

Photo by Bucol, A.A.

Western Central Pacific.

Yirrkala misolensis (Günther, 1872)

Photo by Bucol, A.A.
 
Yirrkala misolensis
[Misol snake eel]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Yirrkala moluccensis
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 43.4 cm TL
 
Yirrkala moorei
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Yirrkala omanensis
[Oman snake eel]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 43.8 cm TL
 
Yirrkala ori
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 53 cm TL
Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870)

Photo by SFSA
 
Yirrkala tenuis
[Thin sand-eel]

Photo by SFSA

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 44 cm TL
Yirrkala timorensis (Günther, 1870)

Photo by SFSA
 
Yirrkala timorensis
[Earthworm snake-eel]
318 Species of Family Ophichthidae
(Snake eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1848 Pisodonophis cancrivorus Longfin snake-eel Indo-Pacific 108 TL
1953 Pisodonophis copelandi Western Central Pacific 30.8 SL
1898 Pisodonophis daspilotus Blunt-toothed snake eel Eastern Pacific 68 TL
1822 Pisodonophis hijala Indo-Pacific.
1853 Pisodonophis hoeveni Hoeven's snake eel Indo-West Pacific 22 TL
1851 Pisodonophis hypselopterus Asia 75 TL
2011 Pisodonophis sangjuensis Korean Snake eel Northwest Pacific 60.1 TL
1848 Pisodonophis semicinctus Eastern Central Atlantic 80 TL
1975 Pseudomyrophis atlanticus Eastern Atlantic 25.9 TL
1891 Pseudomyrophis frio Southwest Atlantic. 26 NG
1989 Pseudomyrophis fugesae Diminutive worm eel Western Atlantic.
1946 Pseudomyrophis micropinna Plain worm eel Eastern Central Pacific 16 TL
1960 Pseudomyrophis nimius Atlantic 36.7 TL
2014 Pylorobranchus hearstorum Western Pacific 121.8 TL
2012 Pylorobranchus hoi Northwest Pacific 67.6 TL
1889 Quassiremus ascensionis Blackspotted snake eel Western Atlantic 71 TL
1890 Quassiremus evionthas Galapagos snake eel Eastern Central Pacific 71 TL
1890 Quassiremus nothochir Smallfish snake-eel Eastern Central Pacific 70 TL
1996 Quassiremus polyclitellum Southwest Pacific 79.5 SL
1999 Rhinophichthus penicillatus Western Pacific 45.7 TL
1917 Schismorhynchus labialis Grooved-jaw worm eel Indo-Pacific 20 TL
1949 Schultzidia johnstonensis Johnston snake-eel Indo-Pacific 35 TL
1934 Schultzidia retropinnis Fringe-lipped worm eel Western Central Pacific 11.5 TL
1916 Scolecenchelys acutirostris Sharpnose worm eel Western Pacific 10 TL
1901 Scolecenchelys aoki Misaki worm eel Northwest Pacific 46 TL
1881 Scolecenchelys australis Shortfinned worm eel Southwest Pacific 40 TL
2015 Scolecenchelys brevicaudata Short tail worm eel Western Pacific 31.4 TL
1876 Scolecenchelys breviceps Short-headed worm eel Eastern Indian Ocean 60 TL
2006 Scolecenchelys castlei Deepwater big-eyed worm eel Southwest Pacific 58 TL
1970 Scolecenchelys chilensis Chilean worm eel Southeast Pacific 28.4 SL
1928 Scolecenchelys cookei Eastern Central Pacific 15.5 TL
2013 Scolecenchelys fuscogularis Dark throat worm eel Northwestern Pacific 26.5 TL
1909 Scolecenchelys godeffroyi Godeffroy Western Pacific.
1857 Scolecenchelys gymnota Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel Indo-Pacific 38 TL
1927 Scolecenchelys iredalei Coral worm eel Indo-Pacific 20 TL
1897 Scolecenchelys laticaudata Redfin worm-eel Indo-Pacific 35 TL
1857 Scolecenchelys macroptera Narrow worm eel Indo-Pacific 25 TL
1904 Scolecenchelys nicholsae Nichols' worm eel Southwest Pacific
1995 Scolecenchelys profundorum Deepwater worm eel Southeast Pacific 33.4 TL
1979 Scolecenchelys puhioilo Eastern Central Pacific
2015 Scolecenchelys robusta Robust worm eel Western Indian Ocean 29 TL
1866 Scolecenchelys vermiformis Western Indian Ocean
1958 Scolecenchelys xorae Orangehead worm-eel Western Indian Ocean 25 TL
1882 Scytalichthys miurus Shorttail viper eel Eastern Pacific 97 TL
1864 Skythrenchelys macrostomus Indo-Pacific 22.5 TL
1999 Skythrenchelys zabra Angry worm eel Indo-West Pacific 29.6 TL
1975 Stictorhinus potamius South America 34.5 TL
2015 Suculentophichthus nasus Red Sea flappy snake eel Western Indian Ocean 37.5 TL
1962 Xestochilus nebulosus Nebulous snake eel Indo-Pacific. 47 SL
2009 Xyrias chioui Pacific Ocean 81.9 TL
1975 Xyrias guineensis Eastern Atlantic 63.6 TL
1939 Xyrias multiserialis Speckled snake eel Western Indian Ocean 75.2 TL
1901 Xyrias revulsus Strict snake eel Indo-Pacific 93 TL
2011 Yirrkala calyptra Western Pacific 39.5 TL
1940 Yirrkala chaselingi Western Central Pacific.
1793 Yirrkala fusca Type locality is given as
1916 Yirrkala gjellerupi Asia 15.3 TL
1999 Yirrkala insolitus Western Pacific 25.8 TL
1858 Yirrkala kaupii Asia 35 TL
1863 Yirrkala macrodon Western Central Pacific
1964 Yirrkala maculata Western Central Pacific.
1872 Yirrkala misolensis Misol snake eel Western Central Pacific.
1864 Yirrkala moluccensis Western Central Pacific
2006 Yirrkala moorei Western Central Pacific 43.4 TL
1939 Yirrkala omanensis Oman snake eel Western Indian Ocean 23 TL
2011 Yirrkala ori Western Indian Ocean 43.8 TL
1870 Yirrkala tenuis Thin sand-eel Western Indian Ocean 53 TL
1870 Yirrkala timorensis Earthworm snake-eel Indo-Pacific. 44 TL



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