Bluntnose snake eel

The bluntnose snake eel (Ophichthus apicalis, also known commonly as the pointed-tail snake-eel^[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm or snake eels).^[3] The author of the species is anonymous, but it has been referred to Edward Turner Bennett in 1830.^[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines. It dwells at a maximum depth of 22 m, but also frequents shores. Males can reach a maximum total length of 45 cm.^[3]

Bluntnose snake eel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ophichthus
Species:	O. apicalis
Binomial name
Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Synonyms[1]
Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 Ophichthys apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) Ophisurus spadiceus Richardson, 1846 Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848 Ophisurus bangko Bleeker, 1853 Ophichthus bangko (Bleeker, 1853) Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860