Fish of the Dalophis genus of the Ophichthinae subfamily of the Ophichthidae (snake eels) family of the Congroidei suborder of the Anguilliformes (eels) order of the Elopomorpha superorder.
(Armless snake eel. Photo by © Xavier Salvador. flickr.com/photos/fundaciomar)
Armless snake eel (Dalophis imberbis) was first described in 1809 by the French botanist and ichthyologist François Delaroche (1781-1812).
It occurs at the depth of 20-80 meters, hiding in burrows in the sandy, argillaceous and muddy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 150 cm.
(Armless snake eel. Photo by © José Manuel Blanco Moreno. fishbase.org)
It is a bottom-feeder. It is a permanent rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea. The species is poorly studied.
Names of armless snake eel (Dalophis imberbis) in other languages are as follows:
Ngjalëgjarpër e gjymtuar (Albanian), Σπανό Φιδόχελο (Spano Fidoheljo) (Greek), Culebrilla de arena (Spanish), Biscia di mare (Italian), Bartloser Schlangenaal (German), Далофис (Dalophis) (Russian), Zmija gušavica, Gušava zmija (Serbian, Croatian), Serpenton imberbe (French), Hadař bezvousý (Czech).