Longtailed sand-eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. kirkii
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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys kirkii (
Günther, 1870)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Longtailed sand-eel [2] (Bascanichthys kirkii) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under the genus Ophichthys. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from Aden to Natal, South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 54 centimetres (21 in). [3]
Longtailed sand-eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. kirkii
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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys kirkii (
Günther, 1870)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Longtailed sand-eel [2] (Bascanichthys kirkii) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under the genus Ophichthys. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from Aden to Natal, South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 54 centimetres (21 in). [3]