Yellow snake eel
Ophichthus zophochir
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Ophichthidae
The yellow snake eel (Ophichthus zophochir, also known as the charmed snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1882. It is a marine, subtropical eel known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and the United States.
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Angula es el nombre que recibe el alevín de la anguila, único alevín permitido por las leyes de pesca. Cuando se encuentra en los mercados de pescado suele tener 1 g de peso y mide algo menos de 8 cm de longitud. Las angulas comercializadas suelen estar cocidas, y en caso de estar vivas son transparentes.
Distribution
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