Ophichthus asakusae is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ophichthus asakusae at www.fishbase.org. It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901.Jordan, D. S. and J. O. Snyder, 1901 (28 Aug.) [ref. 2508] A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1239): 837-890. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
Etymology The fish is named in honor of the Asakusa Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan, which supplied the holotype.
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