The Ordinary eelCommon names of Ethadophis byrnei at www.fishbase.org. (Ethadophis byrnei, also known as the Ordinary snake-eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ethadophis byrnei at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt and John E. McCosker.Rosenblatt, R. H. and J. E. McCosker, 1970 [ref. 3809] A key to the genera of the ophichthid eels, with descriptions of two new genera and three new species from the eastern Pacific. Pacific Science v. 24 (no. 4): 494-505. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from a single specimen collected from a sandbank in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, during low tide. From the holotype, it is known to reach a total length of .
The IUCN redlist currently lists the Ordinary eel as Data Deficient due to the extremely limited number of described specimens, but notes that its habitat falls into a region of threat from coastal development.
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