Bascanichthys inopinatus

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Bascanichthys inopinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Bascanichthys
Species: B. inopinatus
Binomial name
Bascanichthys inopinatus
McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989

Bascanichthys inopinatus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke, and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bascanichthys inopinatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. McCosker, J. E., E. B. Böhlke and J. E. Böhlke, 1989 [ref. 13288] Family Ophichthidae (pp. 254-412). In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 9).
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