Ichthyapus acuticeps | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ichthyapus |
Species: | I. acuticeps
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Binomial name | |
Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The sharpnose sand eel [2] (Ichthyapus acuticeps) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Keppel Harcourt Barnard in 1923, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus. [4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Zululand and Durban in South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres (16 in). [3]
Ichthyapus acuticeps | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ichthyapus |
Species: | I. acuticeps
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Binomial name | |
Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The sharpnose sand eel [2] (Ichthyapus acuticeps) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Keppel Harcourt Barnard in 1923, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus. [4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Zululand and Durban in South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres (16 in). [3]