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Ophichthidae
tiger snake-eel
Myrichthys maculosus
One Hundred Centimeters Eel of African Waters
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Anguilliform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Anguilliform
Largetiger snake-eel is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and the largest recorded length is 100 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Myrichthys
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the central Pacific, not including Hawaii and the Leeward Islands. Replaced by Myrichthys magnificus in the Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 26145 , 37816 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
