The String eelCommon names of Gordiichthys leibyi at www.fishbase.org. (Gordiichthys leibyi) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Gordiichthys leibyi at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984.McCosker, J. E. and J. E. Böhlke, 1984 (28 Dec.) [ref. 5316] A review of the snake eel genera Gordiichthys and Ethadophis, with descriptions of new species and comments on related Atlantic bascanichthyins (Pisces: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 136: 32-44. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central and northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA; Puerto Rico, and Canada. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits mud and sand sediments.
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