Description

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Common Names

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Hadař mauritánský , Czech , Czechia

Ornate Snake Eel , English , UK

Ornate snake Eel , English , Global

Sea Snake , English , St Helena

Keiser-poisurangerjas , Estonian , Estonia

皇蔓蛇鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

皇蔓蛇鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

皇蛇鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

皇蛇鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Herpetoichthys

Species: Herpetoichthys regius (Richardson, 1848)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Burrows in sand on the continental shelf (Ref. 4455).

Habitat

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demersal