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Species Summary for Muraenichthys gymnotus - Slender worm eel - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Speciessummary.cfm?Genusname=Muraenichthys&Speci

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Line and Society islands, north to southern Japan and Johnston I., south to Rapa and the southern Great Barrier Reef (Australia); Marshall and the Caroline islands in Micronesia.

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Species Summary for Ethadophis foresti - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=9088

Eastern Atlantic: endemic to Cape Verde.

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Species Summary for Apterichtus ansp - Academy eel - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Apterichtus&species

Western Atlantic: North Carolina and southern Florida in USA and Bahamas.

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Ophichthidae - English
URL: http://cichlidresearch.com/fish_html/fophicht.html

The Family Ophichthidae contains these Genera: Ahlia, Asarcenchelys, Apterichtus, Bascanichthys, Benthenchelys, Caecula, Callechelys, Cirrhimuraena, Dalophis, Echelus, Echiophis, Ethadophis, Glenoglossa, Ichthyapus, Lamnostoma, Letharchus, Mixomyrophis, Muraenichthys, Myrichthys, Mystriophis, Myrophis, Neenchelys, Ophichthus, Phaenomonas, Pisodonophis, Pseudomyrophis, Schismorhynchus, Schultzidia, Yirrkala.

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Family Ophichthidae, order Anguilliformes - English
URL: http://www.divegallery.com/snake_eel4.htm

This species seemed to be the most common variety seen at the "eel grass" dive spot we frequented. Its flesh appears to bear a greater resemblance to the typical moray eel-- smooth, tough, and slippery.

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Ophichthidae - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=66

Distribution: tropical to warm temperate waters. Coastal, some species entering rivers. Posterior nostril usually lying within or piercing the upper lip, opening into mouth. Tongue attached. Branchiostegal rays 15-49 pairs, overlapping midventrally to form a 'jugostegalia', a basketlike structure.

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Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758) - French
URL: http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0170f/x0170f7j.htm

Habitat et biologie: Benthique, sur fonds sableux, vaseux et de graviers du plateau continental et sur herbiers jusqu'à 190 m de profondeur. Vit enfoui dans le sable avec la tête seule qui dépasse. Reproduction en saison chaude (août-septembre sur les côtes d'Algérie); forme larvaire encore inconnue. Se nourrit de poissons et d'invertébrés benthiques.

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NMITA: Otolith Ophichthidae Family Page - English
URL: http://porites.geology.uiowa.edu/database/teleost/systemat/ophicht.htm

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Knochenfische Aal - Congridae und Ophichthidae - German
URL: http://www.starfish.ch/Korallenriff/Aal.html

der Meeraal (Merkmale, Biologie, Vorkommen, Verhalten), Schlangenaal und Roehrenaal.

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