TAXONOMY ATLAS · LEVEL 04

Ophichthidae

Ophichthidae
Genera
63
Species
369

SPECIES INDEX

Species in this family

Browse all 369 published species in Ophichthidae.

369 published species in this family

Ophichthidae

Finny snake eel

Caecula pterygera
  • Up to 30 cm

Ophichthidae

mosaic worm eel

Mixomyrophis pusillipinna
  • Marine

Ophichthidae

Cirrhimuraena paucidens

Cirrhimuraena paucidens
  • Marine

Ophichthidae

Sharpnose sand-eel

Ichthyapus acuticeps
  • Marine
  • Up to 40 cm
bluntnose snake-eel (Ophichthus apicalis)

Ophichthidae

bluntnose snake-eel

Ophichthus apicalis
  • Up to 100 cm

Ophichthidae

Sharpnose worm eel

Scolecenchelys acutirostris
  • Marine
  • Up to 10 cm
Pacific snake eel (Ophichthus triserialis)

Ophichthidae

Pacific snake eel

Ophichthus triserialis
  • Marine
  • Up to 122 cm

Ophichthidae

Korean snake eel

Pisodonophis sangjuensis
  • Marine
  • Up to 60.1 cm

Ophichthidae

Nichols' worm eel

Scolecenchelys nicholsarum
  • Marine
  • Up to 23.8 cm
tiger snake-eel (Myrichthys maculosus)

Ophichthidae

tiger snake-eel

Myrichthys maculosus
  • Marine
  • Up to 100 cm

Ophichthidae

Large-eye Snake-eel

Ophichthus megalops
  • Marine
  • Up to 33.2 cm
Panamic sand eel (Bascanichthys panamensis)

Ophichthidae

Panamic sand eel

Bascanichthys panamensis
  • Marine
  • Up to 76 cm

Ophichthidae

Freshwater Sand Eel

Stictorhinus potamius
  • Freshwater
  • Up to 34.5 cm

Ophichthidae

Ophichthus brasiliensis

Ophichthus brasiliensis
  • Marine
  • Up to 41 cm
São Paulo Sand-eel (Bascanichthys paulensis)

Ophichthidae

São Paulo Sand-eel

Bascanichthys paulensis
  • Marine
  • Up to 62.3 cm

Ophichthidae

Dalophis boulengeri

Dalophis boulengeri
  • Up to 57.4 cm
Temperate highfin snake eel (Ophichthus zophistius)

Ophichthidae

Temperate highfin snake eel

Ophichthus zophistius
  • Marine
  • Up to 11.5 cm
sailfin eel (Letharchus velifer)

Ophichthidae

sailfin eel

Letharchus velifer
  • Marine
  • Up to 51 cm

Ophichthidae

False saddled snake eel

Evips percinctus
  • Marine
  • Up to 12.6 cm
Whitenose snake eel (Myrichthys paleracio)

Ophichthidae

Whitenose snake eel

Myrichthys paleracio
  • Marine
  • Up to 50 cm

Ophichthidae

Siboga worm eel

Muraenichthys sibogae
  • Marine
  • Up to 13.5 cm
shorttail snake eel (Callechelys guineensis)

Ophichthidae

shorttail snake eel

Callechelys guineensis
  • Marine
  • Up to 108 cm
Scolecenchelys cookei

Ophichthidae

Scolecenchelys cookei

Scolecenchelys cookei
  • Marine
  • Up to 15.5 cm

Ophichthidae

Yirrkala kaupii

Yirrkala kaupii
  • Up to 35 cm