Bascanichthys inopinatus, the unexpected snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

[2] It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke, and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989.

[3] It is a tropical, marine eel endemic to the coastal marine waters of Puerto Rico.

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