Ethadophis foresti is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ethadophis foresti at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Jean Cadenat and Charles Roux in 1964.Cadenat, J. and C. Roux, 1964 Résultats scientifiques des campagnes de la "Calypso". Iles du Cap Vert. 3. Poissons téléostéens. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique Monaco (New Series) v. 41: 81-102. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is endemic to Cape Verde, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 25–30 metres, and inhabits the continental shelf, where it forms burrows in mud or sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 32.1 centimetres.
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