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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae Snake eels
Subfamily: Ophichthinae
Genus: Echelus

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3 species (see list below)

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Photo by Neto, G.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 100 cm TL
Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Neto, G.
 
Echelus myrus
[Painted eel]

Photo by Reiner, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 48.5 cm TL
Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)

Photo by Reiner, F.
 
Echelus pachyrhynchus
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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 60 cm TL
 
Echelus uropterus
[Finned worm eel]
3 Species of Family Ophichthidae with Genus Echelus
(Snake eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1758 Echelus myrus Painted eel Eastern Atlantic 100 TL
1888 Echelus pachyrhynchus Eastern Atlantic 48.5 TL
1846 Echelus uropterus Finned worm eel Indo-Pacific 60 TL



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