Ophichthus longipenis, known commonly as the slender snake eel in Mexico,Common names of Ophichthus longipenis at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ophichthus longipenis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1998.McCosker, J. E. and R. H. Rosenblatt, 1998 (18 Dec.) [ref. 23645] A revision of the eastern Pacific snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of six new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 50 (no. 19): 397-432. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.Ophichthus longipenis at the IUCN redlist. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
The species epithet "longipenis" means "long tail" in Latin. Due to its moderately wide distribution in its region, its lack of known threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists O. longipenis as Least Concern.
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