The Ordinary eelCommon names of ''Ethadophis byrnei'' at www.fishbase.org. (''Ethadophis byrnei'', also known as the Ordinary snake-eel''Ethadophis byrnei'' at the IUCN redlist.) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Ethadophis byrnei'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt
Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt (December 21, 1930 – October 14, 2014) was an American ichthyologogist. Rosenblatt was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1930, and died in San Diego, California in 2014. Rosenblatt was awarded the Frederick H. Sto ...
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John E. McCosker
John Edward McCosker is an American ichthyologist and as has been part of expeditions to many countries such as Antarctic, Australia, and the Galapagos. After extensive study and ten expeditions he is one of the foremost experts on the Galapag ...
.Rosenblatt, R. H. and J. E. McCosker, 1970 ef. 3809''A key to the genera of the ophichthid eels, with descriptions of two new genera and three new species from the eastern Pacific.'' Pacific Science v. 24 (no. 4): 494-505. It is a
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eel which is known from a single specimen collected from a sandbank in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, during low tide. From the holotype, it is known to reach a total length of .
The IUCN redlist currently lists the Ordinary eel as Data Deficient due to the extremely limited number of described specimens, but notes that its habitat falls into a region of threat from coastal development.