| Ophichthidae (Snake eels), subfamily: Ophichthinae |
| 32.5 cm (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine |
| Indo-Pacific: Sri Lanka and the East Indies. Reported from the Marquesas (Ref. 12792). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. Body elongate, more or less cylindrical, slightly compressed, with a hard tail tip; sharply conical head; large mouth, reaching well behind eyes; teeth on jaws small, sharp and recurved; vomerine teeth larger; gill-openings strongly oblique, small, beneath the throat with an extra fold of skin alongside; very low dorsal and anal fins; dorsal fin origin about 1/4 head-length behind gill-openings (Ref. 4832). Color in life yellowish dusted with brown; upper surface of head and nape consisting of double row of yellow round spots, vertex with a yellow transverse streak; lateral line pores lighter than surrounding skin (Ref. 4832). |
| Inhabits estuaries, and probably inshore areas (Ref. 4832). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 04 August 2011 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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