3.3.1.3 Family: Ophichthidae: worm eels and snake eels

3.3.1.3 Family: Ophichthidae: worm eels and snake eels

· Elongate slender and cylindrical body

· Gill opening small

· No pectoral

. Dorsal fin originating about a pectoralfin length behind tips of         pectoral fins.

· Vertebrae 171- 173

· Eg. Muraenichthys and Callechelys.
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