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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae Snake eels
Subfamily: Ophichthinae
Genus: Mystriophis

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 96.5 cm TL
Mystriophis crosnieri Blache, 1971

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Mystriophis crosnieri
[]

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 140 cm TL
Mystriophis rostellatus (Richardson, 1848)

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Mystriophis rostellatus
[African spoon-nose eel]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Mystriophis crosnieri Eastern Atlantic 96.5 TL 1971
Mystriophis rostellatus African spoon-nose eel Eastern Atlantic 140 TL 1848



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