Species
Ophichthus triserialis (Pacific snake eel)
Ophichthus triserialis. Photo: (c) Steven Sennikoff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Pacific snake-eel (Ophichthus triserialis, also known as the spotted snake eel in the United States) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Muraenopsis. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including California, USA, Peru, the Gulf of California, Mexico, the Galapagos Islands, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala,…
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