Bascanichthys inopinatus

Bascanichthys inopinatus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Bascanichthys
Species:	B. inopinatus
Binomial name
Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989

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]

References

1. 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.
2. Bascanichthys inopinatus at http://www.fishbase.org.
3. 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).