Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus 1758)

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 25

Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus 1758) — Spotted Snake Eel

Justification: We accept the Clavijo et al. (1980:6) listing of "occasional" for this large and distinctively spotted species, which occurs in relatively shallow water (1–10 m); recorded from Tague Bay ( Mateo and Tobias, 2001:214); observed in northeastern St. Croix censuses ( Pittman et al., 2008:74).

Distribution: McCosker et al. (1989) WA (BD, FL, GOM, GA, VI, LA, WC, nSA, sSA), EA.

CONGRIDAE —conger eels (5 species)