| Citation | McCosker, J.E., E.B. Böhlke and J.E. Böhlke, 1989, Family Ophichthidae.. p. 254-412. In E. Böhlke (ed). Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part 9, volume 1 Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res. New Haven. |
| Ref. | McCosker, J.E., E.B. Böhlke and J.E. Böhlke, 1989 |
| Page | 362 |
| Named Used as Valid | Echiophis punctifer |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | NW Gulf of Meico (commonly taken), from Mobile Bay to Texas; occasionally taken in the West Indies, off Central America, and off northern South America (off southern Brazil as E. intertinctus). |
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