Rice-paddy Eel Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Pisodonophis boro
Family : Ophichthidae
Order : Anguilliformes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chrodata
Habitat : Estuaries,freshwaters and paddy fields.
Description : The body color of Rice-paddy Eel is olive-brown above and lighter below.Body is snake-like,cylindrical and compressed along the tail tip.Lateral line is inconspicuous.
Other Species from Group
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Lamnostoma orientalis
(Oriental Sand Eel) -
Pisodonophis cancrivorus
(Longfin snake-Eel) -
Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus
(Highfin Moray) -
Hypopleuron caninum
(Whiptail cusk) -
Echidna nebulosa
(Snowflake Moray) -
Muraenichthys gymnopterus
(Snake Eel) -
Gymnothorax undulatus
(Undulated Moray) -
Anguilla bicolor
(Level-finned Eel) -
Conger conger
(European Conger) -
Anguilla celebesensis
(Celebs Longfin Eel)
References:
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: Castle, P.H.J., 1984. Ophichthidae. p. 38-39. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. photo credit and copyright:Hamid Badar Osmany([email protected] ), more information please contact with us.www.fishbase.se
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: Castle, P.H.J., 1984. Ophichthidae. p. 38-39. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. photo credit and copyright:Hamid Badar Osmany([email protected] ), more information please contact with us.www.fishbase.se