Bascanichthys inopinatus | |
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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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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989
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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]