Sharpnose sand-eel

Sharpnose sand-eel
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]
  • Sphagebranchus acuticeps Barnard, 1923
  • Caecula acuticeps (Barnard, 1923)

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

  1. Synonyms of Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
  4. 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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