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Stippled Spoon-nose Eel

Echiophis punctifer

Classification

Echiophis punctifer, the stippled spoon-nose eel, spoon-nose eel or snapper eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1859. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, northern South America, Senegal, and Angola.

Distribution

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United States of America · 9Mexico · 6France · 3Brazil · 1