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It was originally described as brownish yellow uniformly. However, those that have been sighted have been light brown uniformly, with large snake eels being darker than small ones. A young specimen about 2½ inches (6½ cm) long was pale with dark speckles.
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178:Pisoodonophis cruentifer
594:Pisodonophis cruentifer
713:Fish described in 1896
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426:Ophichthus_cruentifer
397:Ophichthus cruentifer
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201:Ophichthus cruentifer
148:Ophichthus cruentifer
181:Goode and Bean, 1896
307:"Catalog of Fishes"
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197:margined snake eel
130:O. cruentifer
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538:NatureServe
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276:physiognomy
221:Description
698:Ophichthus
692:Categories
609:Q106440370
287:References
260:dorsal fin
210:Ophichthus
160:T. H. Bean
117:Ophichthus
241:Schroeder
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124:Species:
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56:Eukaryota
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169:Synonyms
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156:Goode
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