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

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Photo by Neto, G.

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

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Echelus myrus
[Painted eel]

Photo by Reiner, F.

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

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Echelus pachyrhynchus
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Photo by McCosker & Ho, 2015

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 56.7 cm TL
Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015

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Echelus polyspondylus
[Many-vertebrae snake eel]

Photo by Graham, K.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

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Echelus uropterus
[Finned worm eel]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Echelus myrus Painted eel Eastern Atlantic 100 TL 1758
Echelus pachyrhynchus Eastern Atlantic 48.5 TL 1888
Echelus polyspondylus Many-vertebrae snake eel Northwest Pacific 56.7 TL 2015
Echelus uropterus Finned worm eel Indo-Pacific 60 TL 1846



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