The Fringe-lipped worm-eelCommon names of Schultzidia retropinnis at www.fishbase.org. (Schultzidia retropinnis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Schultzidia retropinnis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934.Fowler, H. W., 1934 (20 Jan.) [ref. 1416] Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Taratara Island, Samar Island, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Solomon Island. It dwells at a maximum depth of , and inhabits benthic sand sediments in coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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