| Citation | McCosker, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal and T.J. Alpermann, 2020, Description of a new snake eel Ophichthus olivaceus (Teleostei: Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from the Red Sea.. Zootaxa 4750(1):31-48. |
| Ref. | 123091 McCosker, J.E., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal and T.J. Alpermann, 2020 |
| Page | 33 |
| Named Used as Valid | Ophichthus hijala |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | India |
| Quote | shallow freshwater, brackish and marine; cautiously treated as a species of Ophichthus, recognizing that it may well be a species of Pisodonophis, and is a possible synonym of P. cancrivorus (Richardson 1848) (see Talwar & Jhingran (1991) and Kottelat (2013). |