Vulture sand eel
| Vulture sand eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyapus |
| Species: | I. vulturis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyapus vulturis (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
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The Vulture sand eel (Ichthyapus vulturis, also known as the Vulture eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Mascarenes, Pitcairn, Japan, Australia, Micronesia, and Easter Island. It dwells in inshore waters at a depth range of 2 to 18 metres (6.6 to 59.1 ft), and forms burrows in soft, sandy sediments.[3]
The Vulture sand eel's diet consists of bony fish.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Ichthyapus vulturis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Ichthyapus vulturis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Ichthyapus vulturis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 [ref. 4604] The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.
- ^ Food items reported for Ichthyapus vulturis at www.fishbase.org.
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