Ophichthus longicorpus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It is found in Lương Sơn, Nha Trang, Vietnam.https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RBZ-2021-0006.pdf | Van Quang Vo & Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2021, A new species of the snake eel genus Ophichthus from Vietnam, with a new record of Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015, RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 69: 71–79, 2021
The name means longus = long; corpus = body, referring to its long trunk (4.1‒4.9 times HL).
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