Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Ophichthidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Ichthyapus | |
Similar Callechelys, Ophichthus, Ophichthidae | ||
Ichthyapus platyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by William Alonzo Gosline III in 1951. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It forms burrows in sand sediments.
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