São Paulo Sand-eel
Bascanichthys paulensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Bascanichthys paulensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by Margaret Hamilton Storey in 1939. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the coast off Sao Paulo, Brazil in the western Atlantic Ocean. There is also a population from Pointe-Noire Bay, Democratic Republic of Congo, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.3 centimetres (24.5 in).
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Bascanichthys