Ophichthus lentiginosus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ophichthus lentiginosus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker in 2010.McCosker, J. E. 2010 (14 June) [ref. 30840] Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa No. 2505: 1-39. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Vanuatu and New Caledonia, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of . Males can reach a maximum total length of , while females can reach a maximum TL of .
The species epithet "lentiginosus" means "freckled" in Latin, and refers to the eel's colour pattern.
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