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Spotted Snake Eel
(Myrichthys maculosus)


Systematik

Class Subclass Order Suborder Family
ACTINOPTERYGII TELEOSTEI ANGUILIFORMES CONGROIDEI OPHICHTHIDAE

Scientific Name: Myrichthys maculosus (CUVIER, 1816)
Synonyms: Muraena maculosa, Muraena tigrina, Myrichthys aki, Myrichthys rupestris, Ophichthus miyamotonis, Ophichthys dromicus

Myrichthys maculosus
Location: Troux auch Biches, Mauritius
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)

Myrichthys maculosus Myrichthys maculosus Myrichthys maculosus
Location: Troux auch Biches, Mauritius
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)
Location: Diani Beach, Kenya
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)
Location: Diani Beach, Kenya
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)

General Information

Names: Spotted Snake Eel, Tiger Snake Eel, Ocellate Snake Eel, Gefleckter Schlangenaal, Anguille serpent Maculée
Destination: East Africa, Mauritus, Seychelles, Red Sea
Environment:
Size: 100 cm

Description


Species of Genus Ophichthus

Myrichthys aspetocheiros
Myrichthys bleekeri
Myrichthys breviceps (White-spotted Snake Eel)
Myrichthys colubrinus (Harlequin Snake Eel)
Myrichthys maculosus (Yellow-spotted Snake Eel)
Myrichthys magnificus
Myrichthys ocellatus
Myrichthys pantostigmius
Myrichthys pardalis
Myrichthys tigrinus
Myrichthys xysturus
Mystriophis crosnieri
Mystriophis rostellatus



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