Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus 1758)

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 25

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3803.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B22B642B-9987-41AB-8792-0F35D2EAD945
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/02638790-0D67-FFB5-FF31-337DFD89F8CB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus 1758)
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Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL — Spotted Snake Eel

Justification: We accept the Clavijo et al. (1980:6) listing of "occasional" for this large and distinctively spotted species, which occurs in relatively shallow water (1–10 m); recorded from Tague Bay ( Mateo and Tobias, 2001:214); observed in northeastern St. Croix censuses ( Pittman et al., 2008:74).

Distribution: McCosker et al. (1989) WA (BD, FL, GOM, GA, VI, LA, WC, nSA, sSA), EA.

CONGRIDAE —conger eels (5 species)