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The Dark-shouldered snake eel (Ophichthus cephalozona, also known commonly as the Headsaddle snake eel, the Black-neck snake eel, the Blacksaddle snake eel, or the One-banded snake-eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Pacific Ocean, including the East Indies, the Society Islands, the Mariana Islands, Queensland, the Marshall Isla

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