blackspotted snake eel

Quassiremus ascensionis

Seventy One Centimeters Eel of Western Atlantic

Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The Blackspotted snake eel (Quassiremus ascensionis) is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by Théophile Rudolphe Studer in 1889. It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known from the western and southern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles, Brazil, and Ascension Island (from which its species epithet is derived).

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Quassiremus
Maximum length: 71 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas, and the Lesser Antilles (Ref. 5521 ). Also Brazil. Southern Atlantic: Ascension Island (Ref. 26938 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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