The String eel[2] (Gordiichthys leibyi) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

[3] It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984.

[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central and northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA; Puerto Rico, and Canada.

It dwells at a depth range of 37 to 72 meters (121 to 236 ft), and inhabits mud and sand sediments.

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