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Blackspotted Snake Eel
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Blackspotted Snake Eel

Quassiremus ascensionis

The Blackspotted snake eel (Quassiremus ascensionis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Théophile Rudolf Studer in 1889. It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known from the western and southern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles, Brazil, and Ascension Island (from which its species epithet is derived). It is known to dwell at a depth of 12 metres, and inhabits sand and turtle grass;...

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