''Leptenchelys vermiformis'', or the slender worm-eel, is a species of

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in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found only in the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...

in the vicinity of

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

References

* Ophichthinae Monotypic fish genera Fish described in 1941 Taxa named by George S. Myers Taxa named by Charles Barkley Wade {{Ophichthidae-stub