Pectoral fin present. Body long, eye large, snout blunt; rictus till the mid-eye. (Indo-Pacific) or rear margin (Atlantic). Tail compressed, coudal well developed and black. Anus on the anterior half＠(40). Anterior nostril rear tip of snout, posterior nostril in advance of eye, no flaps; rear of caudal soft and slender. Segmented rays. Upper lip unfolded. Premaxillary teeth protrude out when mouth closed, jaw teeth canine, irregular in 2 rows, inner smaller than outer. Vomerine teeth canine 2. Dorsal fin origin behind the base of pectoral. Vertebrae 179-206. Total length 6.6-14.0 of body depth, 2.5-3.3 of head length; caudal length 1.5 of the length from head to trunk; head length 3.3-4.0 of snout length; snout length 1.9-2.4 of diameter of eye. Dorsal and anal fin confluent with caudal fin. Body white, slightly translucent, pale below; rear margin of dorsal, anal and caudal fin black.
habitats
Uroconger lepturus size larger than the former. Inhabit in sandy bottom of 229-1318 meters deep.
Distribution
Mozambique channel. West Pacific, Hawaii, East Atlantic and tropical West Atlantic.
Böhlke, J. E. 1956 
