Bascanichthys congoensis Blache & Cadenat, 1971 Bascanichthys paulensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

[2] It was described by Margaret Hamilton Storey in 1939.

[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the coast off Sao Paulo, Brazil in the western Atlantic Ocean.

[2] There is also a population from Pointe-Noire Bay, Democratic Republic of Congo, (formerly described as B. congoensis) in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

[1] Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.3 centimetres (24.5 in).