Sharpnose sand-eel
| Sharpnose sand-eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyapus |
| Species: | I. acuticeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Sharpnose sand-eel[2] (Ichthyapus acuticeps) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Keppel Harcourt Barnard in 1923, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus.[4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Zululand and Durban in South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres (16 in).[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Barnard, K. H., 1923 (Sept.) [ref. 191] Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. Annals of the South African Museum v. 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445.
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