Indian longtailed sand-eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. deraniyagalai
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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys deraniyagalai
Menon, 1961
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The Indian longtailed sand-eel [1] (Bascanichthys deraniyagalai) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by Ambat Gopalan Kutty Menon in 1961. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Pacific and Indian Ocean, including India and Sri Lanka. It inhabits river mouths and lagoons. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres (24 in). [2]
The Indian longtailed sand-eel is of no commercial interest to fisheries. [2]
Indian longtailed sand-eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. deraniyagalai
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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys deraniyagalai
Menon, 1961
|
The Indian longtailed sand-eel [1] (Bascanichthys deraniyagalai) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by Ambat Gopalan Kutty Menon in 1961. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Pacific and Indian Ocean, including India and Sri Lanka. It inhabits river mouths and lagoons. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres (24 in). [2]
The Indian longtailed sand-eel is of no commercial interest to fisheries. [2]