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Ichthyapus platyrhynchus

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Ichthyapus platyrhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ichthyapus
Species:
I. platyrhynchus
Binomial name
Ichthyapus platyrhynchus
(Gosline, 1951)
Synonyms[1]
  • Caecula platyrhyncha Gosline, 1951

Ichthyapus platyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by William Alonzo Gosline III in 1951.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It forms burrows in sand sediments.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Synonyms of Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Gosline, W. A. 1951 (Oct.) [ref. 1858] The osteology and classification of the ophichthid eels of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science v. 5 (no. 4): 298-320.