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Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833)

Crocodile snake eel
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: Cá Chình sấu
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Nguyen, H.P. and N.T. Nguyen, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Gulf of Tonkin (Ref. 9706).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nguyen, H.P. and N.T. Nguyen, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Reptilian snake eel, Crocodile snake-eel, Krokodil-slangpaling, ... more

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Brachysomophis: Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, soma = body + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335);  crocodilinus: crocodilinus in reference to its appearance (Ref. 42180).
  More on author: Bennett.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

Biển Cùng sống ở rạn san hô; Mức độ sâu 0 - 30 m (Ref. 42180), usually 0 - 2 m (Ref. 42180).   Tropical

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