eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
in the family
Ophichthidae
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 thei ...
(worm/snake eels).''Myrophis microchir'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was famous for the ''Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises'', his monumental work on the fishes of East Asia ...
in 1864, originally under the genus '' Echelus''.Bleeker, P., 1864 ef. 408''Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes.'' Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 38-54. It is a
marine
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* ...
,
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including
Vietnam
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,
Japan
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,
Fiji
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, the
Marshall Islands
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, and
Australia
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. It inhabits sandy sediments. Males can reach a maximum
total length
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Overall length
* Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...