The elastic eelCommon names for ''Phaenomonas pinnata'' at www.fishbase.org. (''Phaenomonas pinnata'') is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Phaenomonas pinnata'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
George S. Myers
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and
Charles Barkley Wade
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in 1941.Myers, G. S. and C. B. Wade, 1941 (25 June)
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''Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America.'' Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles v. 9 (no. 4): 65-111, Pls. 7-16. It is a tropical,
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eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including
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, and Mexico. It dwells at a depth range of 1–35 metres, inhabiting sandy bottoms. Males can reach a maximum total length of 53.5 centimetres.
Due to the relatively wide distribution of the Elastic eel, as well as a lack of known threats or observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Least Concern. Its distribution does, however, partially include marine protected areas, such as those in the Gulf of California.