The Sooty sand-eel (''Bascanichthys bascanoides'') is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Bascanichthys bascanoides''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

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and John Treadwell Nichols in 1916.Osburn, R. C. and J. T. Nichols, 1916 (26 May) ef. 15062''Shore fishes collected by the "Albatross" expedition in Lower California, with descriptions of new species.'' Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 35 (art. 16): 139-181. It is a

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, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including

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and Mexico. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of , and inhabits sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of . Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Sooty sand-eel as Least Concern.''Bascanichthys bascanoides''
at the IUCN redlist.

References

Ophichthidae Fish described in 1916 {{Ophichthidae-stub