Sailfin snake-eel

The Sailfin snake-eel (Letharchus rosenblatti) also known as the Black sailfin eel in Mexico,^[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[3] It was described by John E. McCosker in 1974.^[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico.^[5] It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 17 metres (0 to 56 ft), and inhabits sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 31 centimetres (12 in).^[3]

Sailfin snake-eel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Letharchus
Species:	L. rosenblatti
Binomial name
Letharchus rosenblatti McCosker, 1974

Due to a lack of known major threats and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Sailfin snake-eel as Least Concern.^[5]