Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei
Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Bascanichthys
Species (17): B. bascanium – B. bascanoides – B. ceciliae – B. congoensis – B. cylindricus – B. deraniyagalai – B. fijiensis – B. filaria – B. inopinatus – B. kabeyawan – B. kirkii – B. longipinnis – B. myersi – B. panamensis – B. paulensis – B. pusillus – B. ryukyuensis – B. scuticaris – B. sibogae
Name
Bascanichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891: 621
Gender: masculine
Type species: Caecula bascanium Jordan, 1884
Fixation: original designation
References
Primary references
Jordan, D.S. & Davis, B.M. 1891: A preliminary review of the apodal fishes or eels inhabiting the waters of America and Europe. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner, 16 (for 1888) (9): 581–677, Pls. 73-80. BHL
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Bascanichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Bascanichthys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Bascanichthys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:[1]
Bascanichthys bascanium (D. S. Jordan, 1884) (Sooty eel)
Bascanichthys bascanoides R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916 (Sooty sand-eel)
Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache & Cadenat, 1971
Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Round sand-eel)
Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961 (Indian longtailed sand-eel)
Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935)
Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872)
Bascanichthys gaira (Moreno, Acero P. & Grijalba-Bendeck, 2016) [2] (Colombian sand eel)
Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989
Bascanichthys kabeyawan Hibino & Ho, 2022 (Kabeyawan sand eel)
Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870) (Longtailed sand-eel)
Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
Bascanichthys myersi (Herre, 1932)
Bascanichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Panama sand-eel)
Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939
Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917
Bascanichthys ryukyuensis Hibino, Yamashita & Sakurai, 2022 (Vine-like sand eel)
Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1880) (Whip eel)
Bascanichthys sibogae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bascanichthys". FishBase. September 2024 version.
Moreno F.; Acero P. A.; Grijalba-Bendeck M. (2016). "Una Nueva Especie de Anguila de Arena del Género Bascanichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) del Caribe". Bol. investig. mar. Costeras (in Spanish). 45 (1): 7–14.
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