Ophichthus brachynotopterus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ophichthus brachynotopterus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Christine Karrer in 1983.Karrer, C. 1983 [ref. 5679] Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale v. 23 (for 1982): 1-116. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range . Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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