Ophichthus naga, the deepwater demonic snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was collected off Myanmar. [1]
The name Nāga, means a seagoing, serpentine dragon-like being in the Buddhist religion that has great powers and are able to swim through the solid earth as if it was water, a behavior not unlike that of ophichthid snake eels.[2]
Ophichthus naga, the deepwater demonic snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was collected off Myanmar.