Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Ophichthidae | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Ophichthus | |
Ophichthus asakusae is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 centimetres (28 in).
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