description Key worm eel Overview
The key worm eel, Ahlia egmontis, is a marine snake eel in the family Ophichthidae, described by David Starr Jordan in 1884. It has a slender body that is pale tan with small scattered spots; mature fish may darken and develop a reddish-brown band behind the head. The species inhabits seagrass beds, bays, mangroves and offshore reefs in the western Atlantic, from Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths of about 1 to 37 m.
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