The snubnose snake eelCommon names for Ophichthus brevirostris at www.fishbase.org. (Ophichthus brevirostris) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ophichthus brevirostris at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker and Steve W. Ross in 2007.McCosker, J. E. and S. W. Ross, 2007 (28 Dec.) [ref. 29436] A new deepwater species of snake eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from North Carolina. Copeia 2007 (no. 4): 783-787. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from North Carolina, USA, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of . Females can reach a total length of .
Name origin The species epithet "brevirostris" means "short muzzle" in Latin, and is treated as a noun in apposition.
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