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Created 1/2/2021

Family Ophichtyidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Myrichthys colubrinus

Maunalua Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

HARLEQUIN SNAKE EEL

Occurs on sandy reefs at any depth.  Attains 38 inches.  Red Sea to Johnston Island, and French Polynesia.  Waif seen in Honolulu, 12/2020.