Ichthyapus acuticeps

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]

Ichthyapus acuticeps
Scientific classification edit
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)

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