Sealife guideThe Ophichthidae familyThe taxonomy of marine species

Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

Banded snake eel
(Myrichthys colubrinus)

Clown snake eel
(Ophichthus bonaparti)

Crocodile snake eel
(Brachysomophis henshawi)

Goldspotted eel
(Myrichthys ocellatus)

Leopard snake eel
(Myrichthys pardalis)

Sharptail eel
(Myrichthys breviceps)

Stargazer snake eel
(Brachysomophis cirrocheilos)

Tiger snake eel
(Myrichthys maculosus)

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Poisson guitare de l'Atlantique
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