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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae Snake eels
Subfamily: Ophichthinae
Genus: Pisodonophis

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8 species (see list below)
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Photo by Lai, N.-W.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822)

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Pisodonophis boro
[Rice-paddy eel]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 108 cm TL
Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)

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Pisodonophis cancrivorus
[Longfin snake-eel]

Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 30.8 cm SL
Pisodonophis copelandi Herre, 1953

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Pisodonophis copelandi
[]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 68 cm TL
Pisodonophis daspilotus Gilbert, 1898

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Pisodonophis daspilotus
[Blunt-toothed snake eel]
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Pisodonophis hijala
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Pisodonophis hoevenii (Bleeker, 1853)

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Pisodonophis hoevenii
[Hoeven's snake eel]
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Max. Length 75 cm TL
 
Pisodonophis hypselopterus
[]

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Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 80 cm TL
Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson, 1848)

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Pisodonophis semicinctus
[Saddled snake eel]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
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 semicinctus Saddled snake eel Eastern Central Atlantic 80 TL 1848



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