Bascanichthys inopinatus, the unexpected snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke, and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel endemic to the coastal marine waters of Puerto Rico.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Bascanichthys |
| Species: | B. inopinatus
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| Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989
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References
edit- ^ McCosker, J. (2015). "Bascanichthys inopinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199376A2588900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199376A2588900.en. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ a b Bascanichthys inopinatus at http://www.fishbase.org.
- ^ McCosker, J. E., E. B. Böhlke and J. E. Böhlke, 1989 [ref. 13288] Family Ophichthidae (pp. 254-412). In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 9).
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