Biology:Sharpnose sand-eel
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Short description: Species of fish
| Sharpnose sand-eel | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Order: | Anguilliformes
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| Species: | I. acuticeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923)
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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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1961405 entry
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