The Pouch snake eelCommon names of ''Paraletharchus opercularis''
at www.fishbase.org. (''Paraletharchus opercularis'') is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Paraletharchus opercularis''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

George S. Myers George Sprague Myers (February 2, 1905 – November 4, 1985) was an American ichthyologist who spent most of his career at Stanford University. He served as the editor of ''Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin'' as well as president of the American So ...

and

Charles Barkley Wade Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

in 1941, originally under the genus ''

Letharchus ''Letharchus'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species: * '' Letharchus aliculatus'' McCosker, 1974 * '' Letharchus rosenblatti'' McCosker, 1974 (Sailfin snake-eel) * '' Letharchus ...

''.Myers, G. S. and C. B. Wade, 1941 (25 June)

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''Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America.'' Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles v. 9 (no. 4): 65-111, Pls. 7-16. It is a marine,

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eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern

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, including the Galapagos Islands, the

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, and the

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. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of , and inhabits sand sediments.''Paraletharchus opercularis''
at the

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. Males can reach a maximum

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of . The

currently lists the pouch snake eel as vulnerable under Criterion D2, due to its limited range, and speculation that increasing frequency of ENSO events will have negative effects on the species' habitat.

References

Ophichthidae Taxa named by George S. Myers Taxa named by Charles Barkley Wade Fish described in 1941 {{Ophichthidae-stub