Smiling sand eel
Ichthyapus selachops
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Ophichthidae
The smiling snake eel (Ichthyapus selachops, also known as the smiling sand eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1882, originally under the genus Apterichthys. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, and Mexico.
Le Serpenton souris (Ichthyapus selachops) est un poisson anguilliforme vivant dans l'océan Pacifique.
Ichthyapus es un género de peces anguiliformes de la familia Ophichthidae, descrito por primera vez en 1847 por Charles N. F. Brisout.
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionSmiling snake eel, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family
Key Worm Eel
Ahlia egmontis
OphichthidaeSharptail Eel
Myrichthys breviceps
OphichthidaeSpotted Snake Eel
Myrichthys maculosus
OphichthidaeGoldspotted Eel
Myrichthys ocellatus
OphichthidaeTwostripe Snake Eel
Callechelys bilinearis
OphichthidaeShort-maned Sand Eel
Phaenomonas longissima
OphichthidaeEuropean Finless Eel
Apterichtus caecus
OphichthidaeSharpsnout Snake eel
Apterichtus klazingai
Ophichthidae