Ichthyapus platyrhynchus

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Ichthyapus platyrhynchus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ichthyapus
Species:
I. platyrhynchus
Binomial name
Ichthyapus platyrhynchus
(Gosline, 1951)
Synonyms [2]
  • Caecula platyrhynchaGosline, 1951

Ichthyapus platyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by William Alonzo Gosline III in 1951. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It forms burrows in sand sediments. [3]

References

  1. ↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Ichthyapus platyrhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T199369A2588083. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199369A2588083.en . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Synonyms of Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ 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.


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