Ophichthus ophis Spotted snake eel

Ophichthus ophis is commonly referred to as Spotted snake eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

4630 

AphiaID:

126315 

Scientific:

Ophichthus ophis 

German:

Gefleckter Karibik-Schlangenaal 

English:

Spotted Snake Eel 

Category:

Näsålar 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Benin, Barbados, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Gambia, Suriname, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Columbia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Liberia, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, Togo, Trindade and Martim Vaz, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West Africa 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 70 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors 

Size:

39.37" - 82.68" (100cm - 210cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Coralfish of all kind, Fish (little fishes), Sepia 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Ophichthus alleni
• 
  Ophichthus altipennis
  Sand-Schlangenaal
• Ophichthus aniptocheilos
• Ophichthus apachus
• Ophichthus aphotistos
• Ophichthus apicalis
• Ophichthus arneutes
• Ophichthus asakusae
• 
  Ophichthus bonaparti
  Bonapart 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
• Ophichthus zophochir
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-09-13 20:25:03 

Last edit:

2025-09-30 21:37:59 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Ophichthus ophis has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Ophichthus ophis in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Ophichthus ophis. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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