Sooty eel
The sooty eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by David [Starr Jordan] in 1884, originally under the genus Caecula. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina and Florida, USA, and the Gulf of Mexico. It dwells at a depth range of. Males can reach a maximum total length of.
The sooty eel is preyed on by the Atlantic tripletail.