Spotted Snake Eel - Myrichthys maculosus

The Spotted Snake Eel - Myrichthys maculosus is yellowish to cream with large dark oval spots; overhanging snout with long tubular nostrils, small pectoral fins.

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Ferdy Christant

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Looks like we have a geotag issue here. Posted 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for pointing it out, Ferdy.
  Updated. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks! Few more here (first 3):
    https://www.jungledragon.com/user/2994/unmapped Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. Albert Kang
      
      Lion
      
      Updated.
      Posted 8 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Thank so much! Posted 8 years ago

The Tiger Snake Eel

''Myrichthys maculosus'', commonly known as the tiger snake eel, the ocellate snake eel or the spotted snake eel, is a species of fish in the family Ophichthidae, native to the Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally encountered in the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of 1 m .

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Similar species: Eels

Species identified by Albert Kang

By Albert Kang

Uploaded Aug 3, 2017. Captured in Mabini Circumferential Rd, Mabini, Batangas, Philippines.

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