Ophichthus leonensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ophichthus leonensis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Jacques Blache.Blache, J., 1975 (July) [ref. 7363] Contribution à la connaissance des poissons Anguilliformes de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 15e note. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (Serie A) Sciences Naturelles v. 37 (no. 3): 708-740. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from a single specimen found in the stomach of a fish taken from a depth of in Sierra Leone, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is presumed to form burrows in sand or mud, as is common amongst eels. Males are known to reach a total length of .
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