Ichthyapus acuticeps

Ichthyapus acuticeps
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ichthyapus
Species:	I. acuticeps
Binomial name
Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923)
Synonyms [2]
Sphagebranchus acuticepsBarnard, 1923 Caecula acuticeps(Barnard, 1923)

The sharpnose sand eel ^[3] (Ichthyapus acuticeps) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). ^[4] It was described by Keppel Harcourt Barnard in 1923, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus . ^[5] 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). ^[4]

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Ichthyapus acuticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T199286A2578687. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199286A2578687.en . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
2. Synonyms of Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
3. Common names of Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
4. Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org.
5. 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.