swap_horiz Painted eel Alternatives

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Snowflake moray

The snowflake moray (*Echidna nebulosa*) is a marine fish widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific and tropical re...

Reef Marine Patterned Indo Pacific

8.5 Great

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Harlequin snake eel

The harlequin snake eel is a tropical marine fish recognized for its contrasting black-and-white body pattern. Its appea...

Marine Patterned Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

6.5 Fair

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Crocodile snake eel

Described by Edward Turner Bennett in 1833, the crocodile snake eel is a distinctively patterned reef-dwelling fish that...

Marine Ambush Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

6.2 Fair

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Napoleon snake eel

A snake eel (Ophichthidae) of Indo-Pacific waters named for a distinctive dorsal marking pattern, typically found in san...

Marine Burrowing Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

6.2 Fair

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Tiger snake eel

The tiger snake eel is an elongated reef fish characterized by its golden-brown body covered in large, dark spots resemb...

Marine Banded Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

6.0 Fair

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Gold-spotted snake eel

The gold-spotted snake eel is a benthic marine fish recognized by the bright, golden-yellow spots scattered across its e...

Marine Atlantic Spotted Ophichthidae

6.0 Fair

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Spotted snake eel

The spotted snake eel is a coastal marine fish recognized by its heavily spotted, elongated body and its ability to burr...

Marine Burrowing Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

5.8 Mediocre

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Marbled snake eel

Described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853, the marbled snake eel is a benthic marine fish inhabiting the shallow coastal water...

Marine Patterned Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

5.8 Mediocre

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Banded snake eel

A snake eel (Ophichthidae) bearing alternating light and dark body bands; some banded ophichthids mimic venomous sea kra...

Marine Banded Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

5.8 Mediocre

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Blacksaddle snake eel

A snake eel (Ophichthidae) bearing prominent dark saddle-shaped blotches across its dorsal surface, found in sandy and r...

Marine Patterned Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

5.8 Mediocre

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Yellow snake eel

The yellow snake eel is a marine fish belonging to the family Ophichthidae, first described by Jordan and Evermann in 18...

Marine Burrowing Eastern Pacific Ophichthidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Longfin snake eel

The longfin snake eel (Ophichthus zophochir) is a marine snake eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is native to the easte...

Coastal Marine Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Saddled snake eel

The saddled snake eel (Leiuranus semicinctus) is a marine eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is named for the saddle-lik...

Marine Banded Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Sharptail snake eel

The sharptail snake eel is an elongated marine fish known for its distinctive pointed tail, belonging to the family Ophi...

Marine Atlantic Burrowing Ophichthidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Collared snake eel

The collared snake eel (Ophichthus puncticeps) is a marine snake eel in the family Ophichthidae. Its common name refers...

Marine Banded Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Shrimp eel

The shrimp eel is a marine snake eel in the family Ophichthidae, known from the western Atlantic Ocean. Its common name...

Marine Atlantic Burrowing Ophichthidae

5.2 Mediocre

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Whip eel

The whip eel is a slender marine fish in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae. It has an extremely elongated, whip-like bod...

Marine Atlantic Slender Ophichthidae

5.2 Mediocre

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Shortnose snake eel

Described by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1859, the shortnose snake eel is a benthic marine fish of the family Oph...

Marine Burrowing Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

5.0 Mediocre

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Sailfin eel

The sailfin eel, Paraletharchus pacificus, is a marine worm or snake eel in the family Ophichthidae from the tropical ea...

Marine Tropical Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

4.5 Poor

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Sharpnose snake eel

The sharpnose snake eel is Apterichtus flavicaudus, a finless snake eel in the family Ophichthidae. It has a very elonga...

Marine Burrowing Indo Pacific Ophichthidae

3.8 Poor