Flappy Snake-Eel
Phyllophichthus xenodontus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The Flappy snake-eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae, and the only species in the genus Phyllophichthus. It was described by William Alonzo Gosline in 1951. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Society Islands, the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands. It dwells at a depth range of 8–30 metres, and inhabits reefs and inshore waters. It leads a benthic lifestyle, and forms burrows. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42 centimetres.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Phyllophichthus