Snakefish

Snakefish is a colloquial term used for a number of species of fish that resemble snakes. Trachinocephalus myops, native to the Atlantic ocean, is known by this name in particular.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Species: Trachinocephalus myops, Snakefish, Bluntnose Lizardfish". Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  2. ↑ Hulevata, I.; Porteiro, F. M.; Giacomello, E.; Catarino, D. (2025). "On the occurrence of the snakefish Trachinocephalus myops (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) in the Azores archipelago". Fish Biology. 108 (2): 790–796. doi:10.1111/jfb.70266.

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