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longjaw snake eel
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Valid name
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Ophisurus serpens
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| Synonym | Common name: |
| Synonym | longjaw snake eel [UK and USA] |
| Synonym | Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonym | Sphagebranchus serpens: Lowe, 1839: 17. |
| Synonym | Muraena acutirostris Gronovius, 1854, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus.: 19 ('Habitat in America'). |
| Synonym | Muraena Serpens Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. X: 244 ('Habitat in Oceano Europae australis'). |
| Synonym | Ophichthus serpens: Soljan, 1948: 395. |
| Synonym | Echelus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 64, pl. 17 (fig. 4), and Indice Ittiol. sicil.: 42 ('Sici |
| Synonym | Ophichthys serpens: Albuquerque, 1954-1956: 415. |
| Synonym | Muraena serpens: Brunnichius, 1768: 11 | Bonnaterre, 1788: 34. |
| Synonym | Oxystomus serpens: Postel, 1959-1960: 149, 251. |
| Synonym | Ophisurus serpens: Lacepède, 1800, 2: 198 | Rafinesque, 1810b: 37 | Tortonese, 1970e: 343, fig. 139. |