Bascanichthys inopinatus, the unexpected snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Bascanichthys inopinatus at http://www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke, and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989.McCosker, J. E., E. B. Böhlke and J. E. Böhlke, 1989 [ref. 13288] Family Ophichthidae (pp. 254–412). In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 9). It is a tropical, marine eel endemic to the coastal marine waters of Puerto Rico.
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