Description

Body olive green to brown above, paler below; head pores black; young silvery (Ref. 3972).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Ophisurus

Species: Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabiting the continental shelf on sand or mud bottom (Ref. 4455). Buried with only its head exposed (Ref. 27121). Also found in estuaries (Ref. 9563).

Habitat

brackish