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Crocodile Snake-eel

Brachysomophis crocodilinus

Classification

The crocodile snake eel (Brachysomophis crocodilinus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). In 1833, it was described by Edward Turner Bennett. It is a tropical, marine eel known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, the Society Islands, Japan, and Australia.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 4