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Henshaw's Snake Eel

Brachysomophis henshawi

Classification

The reptilian snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi), also known as Henshaw's snake eel, the Hawaiian crocodile eel or the crocodile snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1904. Biology It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific.

Distribution

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