| round 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. cylindricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923
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The Round sand-eel (Bascanichthys cylindricus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [1] It was described by Seth Eugene Meek and Samuel Frederick Hildebrand in 1923. It reaches a maximum length of around 88 cm. It is distributed throughout the Eastern Central Pacific; inhabiting shallow, sandy bottoms.
References
- ^ Bascanichthys cylindricus at www.fishbase.org.
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| round sand-eel | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Bascanichthys |
| Species: | B. cylindricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923
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The Round sand-eel (Bascanichthys cylindricus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [1] It was described by Seth Eugene Meek and Samuel Frederick Hildebrand in 1923. It reaches a maximum length of around 88 cm. It is distributed throughout the Eastern Central Pacific; inhabiting shallow, sandy bottoms.
References
- ^ Bascanichthys cylindricus at www.fishbase.org.
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| This Ophichthidae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |