Ophichthus polyophthalmus Many-eyed snake-eel

Ophichthus polyophthalmusis commonly referred to as Many-eyed snake-eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7778 

AphiaID:

217584 

Scientific:

Ophichthus polyophthalmus 

German:

Schlangenaal 

English:

Many-eyed Snake-eel 

Category:

Snake Eels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Ophichthus (Genus) > polyophthalmus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bleeker, 1864 

Occurrence:

East Africa, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Japan, Mauritius, Philippines, Taiwan 

Size:

up to 24.8" (63 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 77 °F (23°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Edible crab, Krill, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Snails 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

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Catalog of Life:

• Ophichthus alleni
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  Ophichthus altipennis
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• Ophichthus aniptocheilos
• Ophichthus apachus
• Ophichthus aphotistos
• Ophichthus apicalis
• Ophichthus arneutes
• Ophichthus asakusae
• 
  Ophichthus bonaparti
  Bonapartes Schlangenaal
• Ophichthus brachynotopterus
• Ophichthus brasiliensis
• Ophichthus brevicaudatus
• Ophichthus brevirostris
• Ophichthus celebicus
• 
  Ophichthus cephalozona
  Schlangenaal
• Ophichthus congroides
• Ophichthus cruentifer
• Ophichthus cylindroideus
• Ophichthus echeloides
• Ophichthus erabo
• Ophichthus exourus
• Ophichthus fasciatus
• Ophichthus fowleri
• Ophichthus frontalis
• Ophichthus genie
• Ophichthus gomesii
• Ophichthus grandoculis
• Ophichthus hirritus
• Ophichthus humanni
• Ophichthus hyposagmatus
• Ophichthus ishiyamorum
• Ophichthus kunaloa
• Ophichthus lentiginosus
• Ophichthus leonensis
• Ophichthus limkouensis
• Ophichthus lithinus
• Ophichthus longipenis
• Ophichthus macrochir
• Ophichthus macrops
• Ophichthus maculatus
• Ophichthus manilensis
• Ophichthus marginatus
• Ophichthus mecopterus
• Ophichthus megalops
• Ophichthus melanoporus
• Ophichthus melope
• Ophichthus menezesi
• Ophichthus microstictus
• Ophichthus mystacinus
• Ophichthus omorgmus
• 
  Ophichthus ophis
  Gefleckter Karibik-Schlangenaal
• 
  Ophichthus polyophthalmus
  Schlangenaal
• Ophichthus pullus
• Ophichthus puncticeps
• Ophichthus remiger
• Ophichthus retrodorsalis
• Ophichthus rex
• Ophichthus roseus
• Ophichthus rotundus
• Ophichthus rufus
• Ophichthus rugifer
• Ophichthus rutidoderma
• Ophichthus serpentinus
• Ophichthus singapurensis
• Ophichthus spinicauda
• Ophichthus stenopterus
• Ophichthus tchangi
• Ophichthus tetratrema
• Ophichthus tomioi
• Ophichthus triserialis
• Ophichthus tsuchidae
• Ophichthus unicolor
• Ophichthus urolophus
• Ophichthus woosuitingi
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-12-17 08:59:57 

Last edit:

2014-12-17 08:59:57 

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