Bascanichthys paulensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by Margaret Hamilton Storey in 1939.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the western Atlantic Ocean.[1]
Bascanichthys paulensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. paulensis
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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939
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References
edit- ^ a b Bascanichthys paulensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Storey, M. H., 1939 (3 Feb.) [ref. 12333] Contributions toward a revision of the ophichthyid eels. I. The genera Callechelys and Bascanichthys, with descriptions of new species and notes on Myrichthys. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 1 (no. 3): 61-84.