Serpent eel
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O. serpens
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| Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The serpent eel or sand snake-eel, Ophisurus serpens, is an eel of the genus Ophisurus, found in the eastern Atlantic, western Mediterranean, western Indian Ocean, western Pacific, and the north east coast of North Island in New Zealand. It can be found to depths of about 300 m, on sandy or muddy bottoms near rock outcrops. Its length is between 150 and 250 centimetres.
References
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- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Ophisurus serpens" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
