Gordiichthys randalli

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| status= LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn |author=McCosker, J. |year=2015 |title=Gordiichthys randalli |page=e.T199256A2575380 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199256A2575380.en |access-date=12 November 2024}}

| taxon = Gordiichthys randalli

| authority = McCosker & Böhlke, 1984

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Gordiichthys randalli is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Gordiichthys-randalli.html Gordiichthys randalli] at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984.McCosker, J. E. and J. E. Böhlke, 1984 (28 Dec.) [ref. 5316] A review of the snake eel genera Gordiichthys and Ethadophis, with descriptions of new species and comments on related Atlantic bascanichthyins (Pisces: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 136: 32-44. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Puerto Rico, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of {{convert|8|to|12|m|ft}}, and inhabits sand and algal beds in shallow water.