Ophisternon
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Ophisternon is a genus of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 in the Synbranchidae family.
It contains the following species:
  • Obscure swamp eel (Ophisternon aenigmaticum)
  • Guinea swamp eel (Ophisternon afrum)
  • Bengal eel (Ophisternon bengalense)
  • Blind cave eel
    Blind cave eel
    The Blind Cave eel is a species of fish in the Synbranchidae family. It is endemic to caves and groundwater in Australia.-Sources:* Wager, R. 1996. . Downloaded 4 August 2007....

     (Ophisternon candidum)
  • Australian swamp eel (Ophisternon gutturale)
  • Blind swamp eel
    Blind swamp eel
    The blind swamp eel is a species of fish in the Synbranchidae family. It is endemic to Mexico where it lives in cave systems and is known in Spanish as the .-References:...

    (Ophisternon infernale)
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