Ophichthidae

Orange snake eel

Apterichtus flavicaudus

Eel from the Hawaiian Islands

• Orange
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Apterichtus flavicaudus, variously known as the orange snake eel, sharpnose sand eel or sharpnose snake eel, is a species of snake eel native to the Indian Ocean from the Seychelles to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. It can be found at depths of from 7 to 293 metres (23 to 961 ft) being particularly common in shallow coastal waters with sandy substrates in near vicinity to reefs.