Sooty sand-eel
| Sooty 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. 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]
References[edit]
- ^ Common names of Bascanichthys bascanoides at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Bascanichthys bascanoides at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Osburn, R. C. and J. T. Nichols, 1916 (26 May) [ref. 15062] Shore fishes collected by the "Albatross" expedition in Lower California, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 35 (art. 16): 139-181.
- ^ Bascanichthys bascanoides at the IUCN redlist.
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