Longfin snake-eel

Longfin snake-eel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Pisodonophis
Species:	P. cancrivorus
Binomial name
	Pisodonophis cancrivorus; (J. Richardson, 1848)
Synonyms
	List Ophisurus cancrivorus; Richardson, 1848 Ophichthys cancrivorus; (Richardson, 1848) Ophisurus cancrivomer; Richardson, 1848 Pisodonophis cancricorus; (Richardson, 1848) Pisodonophis cancrivorous; (Richardson, 1848) Pisodonphis cancrivorus; Richardson, 1848 Pisoodonophis cancrivorus; (Richardson, 1848) Ophisurus nigrepinnis; Liénard, 1842 Ophisurus sinensis; Richardson, 1848 Ophiurus baccidens; Cantor, 1849 Ophisurus baccidens; Cantor, 1849 Ophisurus schaapii; Bleeker, 1852 Ophisurus schaapi; Bleeker, 1852 Ophisurus brachysoma; Bleeker, 1853 Myrophis chrysogaster; Macleay, 1881 Ophichthys madagascariensis; Fourmanoir, 1961 Ophichthus madagascariensis; Fourmanoir, 1961 Ophichthus macrochir; (non Bleeker, 1853)

The longfin snake-eel (Pisodonophis cancrivorus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Richardson in 1848. It has a Dorsal fin beginning above its pectoral fin with a snake-like upper body which is cylindrical, but compressed only along its extreme tail tip. It also has a tubular nostril in front and a nostril along lower edge of the lip in back. Colors range from grey to black to brown. Large longfin snake-eels have wrinkled skin.