Ichthyapus
''Ichthyapus'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. Species There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: * ''Ichthyapus acuticeps'' Keppel Harcourt Barnard, Barnard, 1923 (Sharpnose sand eel) * ''Ichthyapus insularis'' John E. McCosker, J. E. McCosker, 2004 * ''Ichthyapus keramanus'' Yoshihiko Machida, Machida, Hiroaki Hasimoto, Hasimoto & Takeshi Yamakawa, Yamakawa, 1997 McCosker, J.E. & Hibino, Y. (2015): A review of the finless snake eels of the genus ''Apterichtus'' (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. ''Zootaxa, 3941 (1): 49-78.'' * ''Ichthyapus ophioneus'' Barton Warren Evermann, Evermann & Millard Caleb Marsh, M. C. Marsh, 1900 (Surf eel) * ''Ichthyapus platyrhynchus'' William Alonzo Gosline III, Gosline, 1951 * ''Ichthyapus selachops'' David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Charles Henry Gilbert, C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Smiling snake eel) * ''Ichthyapus vulturis'' Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, M. C. W. Weber & Lieven F ...
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Ichthyapus Vulturis
The Vulture sand eel (''Ichthyapus vulturis'', also known as the Vulture eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Ichthyapus vulturis''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916, originally under the genus ''Sphagebranchus''.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. It is a marine biology, 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 , and forms burrows in soft, sandy sediments.
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