Bascanichthys filaria is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

[2] It was described by Albert Günther in 1872.

[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Irian Jaya, Indonesia, in the western central Pacific Ocean.

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