Marble-toothed snake-eel

The Marble-toothed snake-eel (Pisodonophis daspilotus, also known as the Blunt-toothed snake eel^[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1898.^[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador.^[5] It dwells in shallow waters at a maximum depth of 10 metres (33 ft), and inhabits sand and mud sediments and mangroves. Males can reach a maximum total length of 68 centimetres (27 in).^[3]

Marble-toothed snake-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Pisodonophis
Species:	P. daspilotus
Binomial name
Pisodonophis daspilotus Gilbert, 1898
Synonyms[1]
Pisoodonophis daspilotus Gilbert, 1898

The IUCN redlist currently lists the Marble-toothed snake eel as Near Threatened, due to the decline in mangroves in its range of habitat. The population of the Marble-toothed snake eel is estimated to have declined by 25% over a course of 10–15 years.^[5]