Molo Snake Eel

Description: Characterized by generally whitish color; dusky grey head with irregular white blotches and pepper-like spotting on back; head length about 13 in TL; body depth about 48-55 in TL; tail 1.3-1.4 in head and trunk; low and inconspicuous dorsal and anal fins; no pectoral fins; origin of dorsal fin behind anal origin; pointed snout, projecting well beyond lower jaw; short tube anterior nostril at edge of upper lip; posterior nostril below eye; uniserial jaw teeth (Ref. 90102).

Found in sand bottoms (Ref 90102).

The Molo snake eel (Hemerorhinus heyningi) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the Indo-Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 69 to 91 metres (226 to 299 ft), and inhabits sandy sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in).