Sooty sand-eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. bascanoides
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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys bascanoides Osburn & Nichols, 1916
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The Sooty sand-eel [1] (Bascanichthys bascanoides) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by Raymond Carroll Osburn and John Treadwell Nichols in 1916. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica and Mexico. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 20 metres (66 ft), and inhabits sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 77 centimetres (30 in). [2]
Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Sooty sand-eel as Least Concern. [4]
Sooty sand-eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. bascanoides
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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys bascanoides Osburn & Nichols, 1916
|
The Sooty sand-eel [1] (Bascanichthys bascanoides) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by Raymond Carroll Osburn and John Treadwell Nichols in 1916. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica and Mexico. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 20 metres (66 ft), and inhabits sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 77 centimetres (30 in). [2]
Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Sooty sand-eel as Least Concern. [4]