| 俗名 | Shorttail snake eel |
| 语言 | English |
| 类型 | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| 排名 | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| 国家 | Bahamas |
| 地点 | |
| 参考文献 | Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993 |
| 生活阶段 | juveniles and adults |
| 性别 | females and males |
| 核心 | primary lexeme |
| 第一修订者 | non-fish animal |
| 第二修订者 | morphology |
| 附注 | 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978); 'snake' like 'serpent' and 'snail' is etymologically the 'crawling' animal, from a prehistoric German base denoting 'crawl' (p. 485 in Ref. 11979). |