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)
(Myrichthys colubrinus)

Clown snake eel
(Ophichthus bonaparti)
(Ophichthus bonaparti)

Crocodile snake eel
(Brachysomophis henshawi)
(Brachysomophis henshawi)

Goldspotted eel
(Myrichthys ocellatus)
(Myrichthys ocellatus)

Leopard snake eel
(Myrichthys pardalis)
(Myrichthys pardalis)

Sharptail eel
(Myrichthys breviceps)
(Myrichthys breviceps)

Stargazer snake eel
(Brachysomophis cirrocheilos)
(Brachysomophis cirrocheilos)

Tiger snake eel
(Myrichthys maculosus)
(Myrichthys maculosus)
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(Chaetodon ornatissimus)
(Chaetodon ornatissimus)
