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	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
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	<dwc:Genus>Ophichthus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Caramuru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Cobra do mar</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Miroró</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Moréia</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Muçum</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Muçum do mar</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Morongo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Muriongo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Hadař gomesův</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Gomes's snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Pallid snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Sea eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Sea serpent</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Shrimp Eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Shrimp eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Whipsnake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>White snake eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Gomesi teravsabaangerjas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Apuankerias</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Serpenton chevrette</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Maja de mar</commonName>
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	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Safío prieto</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tieso camaronero</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tieso negro</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Culebra blancu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Witte slangaal</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>郭氏蛇鰻</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>郭氏蛇鳗</commonName>
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	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, 1855</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Oxyodontichthys limbatus Poey, 1880</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Scytalophis magnioculis Kaup, 1856</synonym>
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	<dc:description>Inhabits soft bottoms.  Occurs in bays and backwaters to offshore banks, less commonly to 180 m depth.  The most common eel on Florida shrimp grounds.  Rarely consumed (Ref. 3795).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7251&amp;speccode=1104'>Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Western Atlantic:  Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil; absent in the Bahamas and most Caribbean islands.  Northwest Atlantic:  Canada (Ref. 5951).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7251&amp;speccode=1104'>Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Oviparous (Ref. 101776).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073'>IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>demersal; marine; depth range 1 - 450 m (Ref. 57911), usually 1 - 90 m (Ref. 57911)</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57911&amp;speccode=1104'>Bernardes, R.Á., J.L. de Figueiredo, A.R. Rodrigues, L.G. Fischer, C.M. Vooren, M. Haimovici and C.L.D.B. Rossi-Wongtschowski 2005 Peixes de zona econômica exclusiva da região sudeste-sul do Brasil: Levantamento com armadilhas, pargueiras e rede de arrasto de fundo. São Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo. 295 p. (Ref. 57911)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57911&amp;speccode=1104'>Bernardes, R.Á., J.L. de Figueiredo, A.R. Rodrigues, L.G. Fischer, C.M. Vooren, M. Haimovici and C.L.D.B. Rossi-Wongtschowski 2005 Peixes de zona econômica exclusiva da região sudeste-sul do Brasil: Levantamento com armadilhas, pargueiras e rede de arrasto de fundo. São Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo. 295 p. (Ref. 57911)</reference></dataObject>
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