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Harlequin Snake Eel
(Myrichthys colubrinus)


Systematik

Class Subclass Order Suborder Family
ACTINOPTERYGII TELEOSTEI ANGUILIFORMES CONGROIDEI OPHICHTHIDAE

Scientific Name: Myrichthys colubrinus (BODDAERT, 1781)
Synonyms: Chlevastes colubrinus, Chlevastes elaps, Dussumeiria elapsoides, Gymnothorax colubrinus, Muraena annulata, Muraena colubrina, Muraena fasciata, Ophisurus alternans, Ophisurus fasciatus

Harlequin Snake Eel Myrichthys colubrinus
Location: Phuket, Thailand
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)

Myrichthys colubrinus Myrichthys colubrinus
Location: Phuket, Thailand
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)
Location: Phuket, Thailand
Photo: Roger Blum, Berlin (Germany)

General Information

Name: Banded Snake Eel, Harlequin Snake Eel, Ringelschlangenaal, Geringelter Schlangenaal
Destination: Indo-Pacific
Environment:
Size: 100 cm

Description


Species of Genus Ophichthus

Myrichthys aspetocheiros
Myrichthys bleekeri
Myrichthys breviceps (White-spotted Snake Eel)
Myrichthys colubrinus (Harlequin Snake Eel)
Myrichthys maculosus (Yellow spotted Snake Eel)
Myrichthys magnificus
Myrichthys ocellatus
Myrichthys pantostigmius
Myrichthys pardalis (Leopard Snake eel)
Myrichthys tigrinus
Myrichthys xysturus
Mystriophis crosnieri
Mystriophis rostellatus



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