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The Snake and
Worm Eels, Family Ophichthidae
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Myrichthys breviceps Bonaire
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Genus Myrichthys:
Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson 1844), the
Sharptail Snake Eel. Tropical West Atlantic. To a bit over three feet in
length. Rarely survives for any period of time in captivity due to a lack of
feeding, collateral damage from collection, handling. Needs large,
sandy-bottomed quarters, ghost shrimp, small crabs for food. May eat
mouth-size or smaller fish tankmates. Bonaire |
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Genus Ophichthus:
Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup 1856), the
Highfin Snake Eel. Seen mostly in the sand by day. Darken with age,
size. A younger individual in Mabul, Malaysia and a larger/older
one with a friendly shrimp on its snout and one out and about in N.
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Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup 1856), Napoleon
Snake Eel. To 3/4 meter in length. Indo-West Pacific: off Durban,
South Africa, then from Mauritius to Indonesia. Lembeh Strait pic,
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Poeciloconger (now Ariosoma) fasciatus
(Gunther 1872), Barred Sand Conger Eel. Bali 2014 |
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