fangjaw eel

The Pacific spoon-nose eel (Echiophis brunneus, also known commonly as the Fangjaw eel in Mexico) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by José Luis Castro-Aguirre and Sergio Suárez de los Cobos in 1983, originally under the genus Notophtophis. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Panama.

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Echiophis es un género de peces anguiliformes de la familia Ophichthidae. ​ Especies Se reconocen las siguientes especies:​ Echiophis brunneus Echiophis creutzbergi Echiophis intertinctus Echiophis intertinctus Echiophis punctifer Referencias Enlaces externos Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Echiophis. Wikispecies tiene un artículo sobre Echiophis.