Kingdom Animalia Family Synbranchidae Genus Ophisternon Order Synbranchiformes | Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Similar Ophisternon, Synbranchiformes, Blind swamp eel, Cuchia, Blind cave eel | ||
Ophisternon bengalense (Bengal eel) is a species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to freshwater and brackish water rivers and swamps in the Oceania and South Asia. It is normally 100 cm in maximum length.
It is also known as Bengal mudeel, one-gilled eel, pygmy eel by different countries.
Distribution
It is recorded from South Asian countries like India and Sri Lanka to south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea. The fish may also found in Australia and Palau islands.
References
Ophisternon bengalense Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA