Snaggle Toothed Snake Eel

Stout ophichthid with nearly uniform gray or brown coloration, overlain on head with a prominent pattern of small white spots; depth 23 times in TL; head large, 6.7 times in TL; dorsal fin arises well behind pectoral fin tips; pectoral fins not elongate, rounded; eye small; jaw elongate, the lower projecting; nostrils tiny, in upper lip; jaw teeth conical, some enlarged as fangs anteriorly, biserial in jaws and uniserial in vomer (Ref. 43686).

Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).

Vertebrae: 120

Assumed to live in permanent or semi-permanent burrows with only snout and eyes exposed, darting to feed on other fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 43686).

Assumed to live in permanent or semi-permanent burrows with only snout and eyes exposed, darting to feed on other fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 43686).