Pseudomyrophis atlanticus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Pseudomyrophis atlanticus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Jacques Blache in 1975.Blache, J., 1975 (July) [ref. 7363] Contribution à la connaissance des poissons Anguilliformes de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 15e note. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (Serie A) Sciences Naturelles v. 37 (no. 3): 708-740. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean (from which its species epithet is derived), including Senegal and Angola. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits the continental shelf, where it forms burrows in sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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