Bascanichthys
Sign in to saveBascanichthys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyOphichthidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 60
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Collections
- TCWC, USNM, IOP-SEMAR, IBUNAM, UMMZ, CMN
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, Philippines, Honduras
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- Parent taxon
- Ophichthidae
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- Bascanichthys
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- Category:Bascanichthys
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Bascanichthys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species: Bascanichthys bascanium (D. S. Jordan, 1884) (Sooty eel) Bascanichthys bascanoides R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916 (Sooty sand-eel) Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache & Cadenat, 1971 Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Round sand-eel) Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961 (Indian longtailed sand-eel) Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935) Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872) Bascanichthys gaira (Moreno, Acero P. & Grijalba-Bendeck, 2016) (Colombian sand eel) Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 Bascanichthys kabeyawan Hibino & Ho, 2022 (Kabeyawan sand eel) Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870) (Longtailed sand-eel) Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) Bascanichthys myersi (Herre, 1932) Bascanichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Panama sand-eel) Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939 Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917 Bascanichthys ryukyuensis Hibino, Yamashita & Sakurai, 2022 (Vine-like sand eel) Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1880) (Whip eel) Bascanichthys sibogae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
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