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Ophichthidae
Snake eel
Apterichtus australis
Forty Centimeters Eel
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Anguilliform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
MediumSnake eel is a marine fish from Western Central Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 40 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Apterichtus
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Central Pacific: from Japan and the south Pacific island groups of Rapa, Pitcairn, Easter, New Zealand, and possibly Lord Howe.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
