Ichthyapus acuticeps
Appearance
Ichthyapus acuticeps | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ichthyapus |
Species: | I. acuticeps
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Binomial name | |
Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923)
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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
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b 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.