The American sailfin eel (''Letharchus velifer'', also known as the sailfin eelCommon names for ''Letharchus velifer''
at www.fishbase.org.) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Letharchus velifer''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1882.Goode, G. B. and T. H. Bean, 1882 (16 Sept. - 11 Nov.) ef. 1840''Descriptions of twenty-five new species of fish from the southern United States, and three new genera, Letharcus, Ioglossus, and Chriodorus.'' Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 297): 412-437. It is a

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eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States ( North Carolina and northeastern Florida) and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. It frequently inhabits

scallop Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families ...

grounds. Males can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimeters.

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Ophichthidae Fish described in 1882 {{Ophichthidae-stub