title: Plain snake eel
text: # Plain snake eel
  
  The plain snake eel (Ophichthus unicolor) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1908. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Algoa Bay, South Africa, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 30 centimetres (12 in).
  
  