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Ophichthus ophis
The Spotted snake eel〔(Common names of ''Ophichthus ophis'' ) at www.fishbase.org.〕 (''Ophichthus ophis'') is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).〔(''Ophichthus ophis'' ) at www.fishbase.org.〕 It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, originally under the genus ''Muraena''.〔Linnaeus, C., 1758 (1 Jan.) (2787 ) ''Systema Naturae, Ed. X.'' (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.〕 It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda and southern Florida, USA, Brazil, Lesser Antilles, Senegal, Angola, and the Mediterranean. It dwells at a depth range of , usually at around 50 m, and lives in burrows on a permanent basis. Males can reach a maximum total length of , but more commonly reach a TL of .〔
The Spotted snake eel hunts nocturnally, and feeds primarily on octopuses and finfish, including ''Haemulon aurolineatum''.〔( Food and Feeding Habits Summary for ''Ophichthus ophis'' ) at www.fishbase.org.〕 It is used as bait in subsistence fisheries, but is reported to cause ciguatera poisoning, and therefore is not usually used as a food source.〔
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