Ophichthus kunaloa is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ophichthus kunaloa at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker in 1979.McCosker, J. E., 1979 [ref. 8805] The snake eels (Pisces, Ophichthidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with the description of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 42 (no. 2): 57-67. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the Hawaiian Islands, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of , and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting fine sand sediments and crevices in harder substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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