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Longfin snake-eel
Pisodonophis cancrivorus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Longfin snake-eel
- Scientific
- Pisodonophis cancrivorus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.1 m (total length); commonly 50 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 20 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A long, cylindrical snake eel with a dark-edged dorsal fin starting above the pectoral fin, reaching about 1.1 m. It lives in lagoons, tidal channels and estuaries, usually with just its head out of the sand.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pisodonophis-cancrivorus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Burrowing_snake_eel_-_Pisodonophis_cancrivoris.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.