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Bascanichthys
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Bascanichthys

Bascanichthys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:

Bascanichthys bascanium (D. S. Jordan, 1884) (Sooty eel)

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19 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 19 known species

Sooty Eel

speciesBascanichthys bascanium

Whip Eel

speciesBascanichthys scuticaris

São Paulo Sand-eel

speciesBascanichthys paulensis

Round Sand Eel

speciesBascanichthys cylindricus

Bascanichthys ceciliae

speciesBascanichthys ceciliae

Bascanichthys gaira

speciesBascanichthys gaira

Bascanichthys kabeyawan

speciesBascanichthys kabeyawan

Bascanichthys ryukyuensis

speciesBascanichthys ryukyuensis

Sooty Sand Eel

speciesBascanichthys bascanoides

Panama Sand Eel

speciesBascanichthys panamensis

Bascanichthys fijiensis

speciesBascanichthys fijiensis

Long-tailed Sand Eel

speciesBascanichthys kirkii

Bascanichthys filaria

speciesBascanichthys filaria

Indian Long-tailed Sand Eel

speciesBascanichthys deraniyagalai

Bascanichthys sibogae

speciesBascanichthys sibogae

Bascanichthys longipinnis

speciesBascanichthys longipinnis

Bascanichthys inopinatus

speciesBascanichthys inopinatus

Bascanichthys myersi

speciesBascanichthys myersi

Bascanichthys pusillus

speciesBascanichthys pusillus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86860.