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Goldspotted Eel
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Goldspotted Eel

Myrichthys ocellatus

The Goldspotted eel (Myrichthys ocellatus, also known as the Goldspotted snake eel or the Dark-spotted snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1825, originally under the genus Muraenophis. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, southern Florida, USA; the Bahamas, Santa Catarina, and Brazil. It dwells at a maximum depth of 15 metres...

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