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Family: Ophichthidae Snake eels



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ophichthus tchangi Northwest Pacific 2002
Ophichthus tetratrema Eastern Pacific 55.6 TL 1998
Ophichthus tomioi Indo-Pacific 44.7 TL 2010
Ophichthus triserialis Pacific snake eel Eastern Pacific 121.5 TL 1856
Ophichthus tsuchidae Northwest Pacific 50 TL 1901
Ophichthus unicolor Plain snake-eel Southeast Atlantic 30 TL 1908
Ophichthus urolophus Manetail snake eel Indo-Pacific. 61.5 TL 1846
Ophichthus woosuitingi Western Pacific. 1929
Ophichthus zophochir Yellow snake eel Eastern Pacific 98 TL 1882
Ophisurus macrorhynchos Indo-West Pacific. Atlan 207 TL 1853
Ophisurus serpens Serpent eel Circumglobal 250 TL 1758
Paraletharchus opercularis Pouch snake eel Southeast Pacific 64.3 TL 1941
Paraletharchus pacificus Pacific sailfin eel Eastern Central Pacific 81 TL 1916
Phaenomonas cooperae Short-maned sand-eel Indo-Pacific 59 TL 1970
Phaenomonas longissima Short-maned Sand Eel Atlantic Ocean 50 TL 1963
Phaenomonas pinnata Elastic eel Eastern Pacific 53.5 TL 1941
Phyllophichthus xenodontus Flappy snake-eel Indo-Pacific 42 TL 1951
Pisodonophis boro Rice-paddy eel Indo-West Pacific 100 TL 1822
Pisodonophis cancrivorus Longfin snake-eel Indo-Pacific 108 TL 1848
Pisodonophis copelandi Western Central Pacific 30.8 SL 1953
Pisodonophis daspilotus Blunt-toothed snake eel Eastern Pacific 68 TL 1898
Pisodonophis hijala Indo-Pacific. 1822
Pisodonophis hoevenii Hoeven's snake eel Indo-West Pacific 22 TL 1853
Pisodonophis hypselopterus Asia 75 TL 1851
Pisodonophis sangjuensis Korean Snake eel Northwest Pacific 60.1 TL 2011
Pisodonophis semicinctus Saddled snake eel Eastern Central Atlantic 80 TL 1848
Pseudomyrophis atlanticus Eastern Atlantic 25.9 TL 1975
Pseudomyrophis frio Southwest Atlantic. 26 NG 1891
Pseudomyrophis fugesae Diminutive worm eel Western Atlantic. 1989
Pseudomyrophis micropinna Plain worm eel Eastern Central Pacific 16 TL 1946
Pseudomyrophis nimius Atlantic 36.7 TL 1960
Pylorobranchus hearstorum Western Pacific 121.8 TL 2014
Pylorobranchus hoi Northwest Pacific 67.6 TL 2012
Quassiremus ascensionis Blackspotted snake eel Western Atlantic 71 TL 1889
Quassiremus evionthas Galapagos snake eel Eastern Central Pacific 71 TL 1890
Quassiremus nothochir Smallfish snake-eel Eastern Central Pacific 70 TL 1890
Quassiremus polyclitellum Southwest Pacific 79.5 SL 1996
Rhinophichthus penicillatus Western Pacific 45.7 TL 1999
Schismorhynchus labialis Grooved-jaw worm eel Indo-Pacific 20 TL 1917
Schultzidia johnstonensis Johnston snake-eel Indo-Pacific 35 TL 1949
Schultzidia retropinnis Fringe-lipped worm eel Western Central Pacific 11.5 TL 1934
Scolecenchelys acutirostris Sharpnose worm eel Western Pacific 10 TL 1916
Scolecenchelys aoki Misaki worm eel Northwest Pacific 46 TL 1901
Scolecenchelys australis Shortfinned worm eel Southwest Pacific 40 TL 1881
Scolecenchelys brevicaudata Short tail worm eel Western Pacific 31.4 TL 2015
Scolecenchelys breviceps Short-headed worm eel Eastern Indian Ocean 60 TL 1876
Scolecenchelys castlei Deepwater big-eyed worm eel Southwest Pacific 58 TL 2006
Scolecenchelys chilensis Chilean worm eel Southeast Pacific 28.4 SL 1970
Scolecenchelys cookei Eastern Central Pacific 15.5 TL 1928
Scolecenchelys fuscapenis Northwest Pacific 36.7 TL 2012
Scolecenchelys fuscogularis Dark throat worm eel Northwestern Pacific 26.5 TL 2013
Scolecenchelys godeffroyi Godeffroy Western Pacific. 1909
Scolecenchelys gymnota Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel Indo-Pacific 38 TL 1857
Scolecenchelys iredalei Coral worm eel Indo-Pacific 20 TL 1927
Scolecenchelys laticaudata Redfin worm-eel Indo-Pacific 35 TL 1897
Scolecenchelys macroptera Narrow worm eel Indo-Pacific 27.5 TL 1857
Scolecenchelys nicholsarum Nichols' worm eel Southwest Pacific 1904
Scolecenchelys profundorum Deepwater worm eel Southeast Pacific 33.4 TL 1995
Scolecenchelys puhioilo Eastern Central Pacific 1979
Scolecenchelys robusta Robust worm eel Western Indian Ocean 29 TL 2015
Scolecenchelys vermiformis Western Indian Ocean 1866
Scolecenchelys xorae Orangehead worm-eel Western Indian Ocean 25 TL 1958
Scytalichthys miurus Shorttail viper eel Eastern Pacific 97 TL 1882
Skythrenchelys macrostomus Indo-Pacific 22.5 TL 1864
Skythrenchelys zabra Angry worm eel Indo-West Pacific 29.6 TL 1999
Stictorhinus potamius South America 34.5 TL 1975
Suculentophichthus nasus Red Sea flappy snake eel Western Indian Ocean 37.5 TL 2015
Xestochilus nebulosus Nebulous snake eel Indo-Pacific. 47 SL 1962
Xyrias chioui Pacific Ocean 81.9 TL 2009
Xyrias guineensis Eastern Atlantic 63.6 TL 1975
Xyrias multiserialis Speckled snake eel Western Indian Ocean 75.2 TL 1939
Xyrias revulsus Strict snake eel Indo-Pacific 93 TL 1901
Yirrkala calyptra Western Pacific 39.5 TL 2011
Yirrkala chaselingi Western Central Pacific. 1940
Yirrkala fusca Type locality is given as 1793
Yirrkala gjellerupi Asia 15.3 TL 1916
Yirrkala insolitus Western Pacific 25.8 TL 1999
Yirrkala kaupii Asia 35 TL 1858
Yirrkala lumbricoides Earthworm snake-eel Indo-Pacific. 44 TL 1864
Yirrkala macrodon Western Central Pacific 1863
Yirrkala maculata Western Central Pacific. 1964
Yirrkala misolensis Misol snake eel Western Central Pacific. 51.2 TL 1872
Yirrkala moluccensis Western Central Pacific 1864
Yirrkala moorei Western Central Pacific 43.4 TL 2006
Yirrkala omanensis Oman snake eel Western Indian Ocean 23 TL 1939
Yirrkala ori Western Indian Ocean 43.8 TL 2011
Yirrkala philippinensis Western Pacific 1936
Yirrkala tenuis Thin sand-eel Western Indian Ocean 53 TL 1870



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