Animalia > Chordata > Anguilliformes > Ophichthidae > Ophichthus > Ophichthus polyophthalmus

Ophichthus polyophthalmus (Large-spotted snake eel; Many-eyed snake eel; Many-eyed snake-eel; Manyeyed worm eel; Ocellated worm eel; Yellow-spotted snake eel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864. 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 range of 2 to 25 metres (6.6 to 82.0 ft), and inhabits sand and rubble sediments near coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.5 centimetres (24.6 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