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The king snake eel [1] (Ophichthus rex) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and John H. Caruso in 1980. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Florida to Texas, USA, in the northern Gulf of Mexico in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 15 to 365 ...
Gulf of Mexico fringed sole: Gymnachirus texae: Gulf pipefish: Syngnathus scovelli: ... King snake eel: Ophichthus rex: Kitefin shark: Dalatias licha: Knobbed porgy:
Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ophis ("serpent") and ichthys ("fish"). Snake eels are also burrowing eels. They are named for their physical appearance, as they have long, cylindrical, snake-like bodies. [2]
It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, and Peru. [1] It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 60 metres (0 to 200 ft), and inhabits benthic sediments of mud and sand.
The shrimp eel (Ophichthus gomesii) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [1] It was described by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1855. It is a common inshore species of eel usually found in the shallow Gulf of Mexico and the high-salinity bays where it inhabits muddy habitats.
Aplatophis chauliodus, the fangtooth snake-eel, also known as the tusky eel in Cuba and the United States, [1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. [2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke in 1956. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and French Guiana.
Myrichthys xysturus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1882, originally under the genus Ophichthys. [4]
Myrichthys magnificus (C. C. Abbott, 1860) (magnificent snake eel) Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825) (gold-spotted eel) Myrichthys paleracio McCosker & G. R. Allen, 2012 [2] Myrichthys pantostigmius D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898 (clarion snake eel) Myrichthys pardalis (Valenciennes, 1839) (leopard eel) Myrichthys tigrinus Girard, 1859 ...