Animalia > Chordata > Anguilliformes > Ophichthidae > Hemerorhinus > Hemerorhinus heyningi

Hemerorhinus heyningi (Molo snake eel)

Synonyms: Sphagebranchus heyningi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Molo snake eel (Hemerorhinus heyningi) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the Indo-Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 69 to 91 metres (226 to 299 ft), and inhabits sandy sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in).
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0