Ophisternon
Ophisternon is a genus of swamp eels found in fresh and brackish waters in South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Middle America and West Africa. Two species are blind cave-dwellers.
Well-preserved fossil remains of an Ophisternon sp. are known from the early Pleistocene-aged Laguna Formation of the Philippines, representing the oldest known fossil record of this genus.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Blind Swamp Eel
speciesOphisternon infernale
Obscure Swamp Eel
speciesOphisternon aenigmaticum
Onegill Eel
speciesOphisternon bengalense
Australian swamp eel
speciesOphisternon gutturale
Ophisternon berlini
speciesOphisternon berlini
Guinea swamp eel
speciesOphisternon afrum
Blind Cave Eel
speciesOphisternon candidum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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