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Ordinary Snake Eel
Myrophis microchir
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Ophichthidae
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The ordinary snake eel (Myrophis microchir) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, originally under the genus Echelus. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Vietnam, Japan, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, and Australia.
Myrophis es un género de peces de la familia Ophichthidae. Especies Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, E. B.
Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 4
Sources and credits
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