• Source: Longtailed sand-eel

The Longtailed sand-eel (Bascanichthys kirkii) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under the genus Ophichthys. It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from Aden to Natal, South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 54 centimetres (21 in).




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Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Longtailed sand-eel
• Indian longtailed sand-eel
• List of fishes of India
• Bascanichthys
• List of marine bony fishes of South Africa
• List of least concern perciform fishes
• Biodiversity of Cape Town