2638 Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & Bean, 1880) Ophichthidae Snake eels Ophichthinae Anguilliformes Teleostei Whip eel Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida (USA) and northeastern and southwestern Gulf of Mexico. AMNH 29400 1939 Bascanichthys scuticaris AMNH 19066 1950 Bascanichthys scuticaris GCRL 21858 1968 Bascanichthys scuticaris 1 m GCRL 2856 1968 Bascanichthys scuticaris 1 m GCRL 4930 1970 Bascanichthys scuticaris 1 m AMNH 48866 1974 Bascanichthys scuticaris AMNH 81389 1974 Bascanichthys scuticaris AMNH 84026 1975 Bascanichthys scuticaris