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Speckled Worm Eel

Myrophis punctatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 195, February 212, March 223, April 390, May 275, June 179, July 148, August 142, September 189, October 200, November 160, December 165.
United States5,598
Alabama2,477
Mississippi1,403
Texas375
Louisiana224
North Carolina126
South Carolina12
Georgia7
Canada3
Virginia3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderTrue Eels · Anguilliformes
FamilySnake Eels · Ophichthidae
GenusMyrophis

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