Korean snake eel
The Korean snake eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by Hwan-Sung Ji and Jin-Koo Kim in 2011. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Korea, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of, and uses its hard, pointed tail to form burrows in sand and mud sediments. Females can reach a maximum total length of.
The species epithet "sangjuensis" refers to the Korean snake eel's type locality, in Sangju.