Serpent Eel
Ophisurus serpens
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 574
- Most observed in
- 🇫🇷 France
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The serpent eel or sand snake-eel (Ophisurus serpens) is an eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, western Mediterranean Sea, western Indian Ocean, western Pacific Ocean and the north-east and west coast of North Island in New Zealand. It is an elongated, slender fish with a length of up to 250 centimetres. It spends the day with its body immersed in the sediment, emerging into the open water at night.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Serpent eel”.