Bascanichthys paulensis

Bascanichthys paulensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[2] It was described by Margaret Hamilton Storey in 1939.^[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the coast off Sao Paulo, Brazil in the western Atlantic Ocean.^[2] There is also a population from Pointe-Noire Bay, Democratic Republic of Congo, (formerly described as B. congoensis) in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.^[1] Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.3 centimetres (24.5 in).^[2]

Bascanichthys paulensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Bascanichthys
Species:	B. paulensis
Binomial name
Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939
Synonyms
Bascanichthys congoensis Blache & Cadenat, 1971