Echiophis

Updated on Nov 29, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Family Ophichthidae Rank Genus		Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Eel

Similar Spotted spoon‑nose eel, Stippled spoon‑nose eel, Eel, Sooty eel, Callechelys

Echiophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:

Echiophis brunneus (Castro-Aguirre & Suárez de los Cobos, 1983) (Pacific spoon-nose eel)

Echiophis intertinctus (J. Richardson, 1848) (Spotted spoon-nose eel)

Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1860) (Stippled spoon-nose eel)

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