Round sand-eel
round sand-eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. cylindricus |
Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 | |
The Round sand-eel (Bascanichthys cylindricus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by Seth Eugene Meek and Samuel Frederick Hildebrand in 1923. It reaches a maximum length of around 88 cm. It is distributed throughout the Eastern Central Pacific; inhabiting shallow, sandy bottoms.
References
- ↑ Bascanichthys cylindricus at www.fishbase.org.
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