The Korean snake eelCommon names of Pisodonophis sangjuensis at www.fishbase.org. (Pisodonophis sangjuensis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Pisodonophis sangjuensis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Hwan-Sung Ji and Jin-Koo Kim in 2011.Ji, H.-S. and J.-K. Kim, 2011 (7 Feb.) [ref. 31152] A new species of snake eel, Pisodonophis sangjuensis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Korea. Zootaxa No. 2758: 57-68. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Korea, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of , and uses its hard, pointed tail to form burrows in sand and mud sediments. Females can reach a maximum total length of .
The species epithet "sangjuensis" refers to the Korean snake eel's type locality, in Sangju.
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