Ichthyapus
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Ichthyapus is a genus of eel
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
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Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Ichthyapus acuticeps (BarnardKeppel Harcourt BarnardKeppel Harcourt Barnard , was a South African zoologist and museum director. He was the only son of Harcourt George Barnard M.A. , a solicitor from Lambeth, and Anne Elizabeth Porter of Royston....
, 1923) (Sharpnose sand-eel) - Ichthyapus insularis McCosker, 2004
- Ichthyapus omanensis (Norman, 1939) (Oman snake-eel)
- Ichthyapus ophioneus (EvermannBarton Warren EvermannBarton Warren Evermann was an American ichthyologist. He was born in Monroe County, Iowa, and graduated from Indiana University in 1886. For 10 years, he served as teacher and superintendent of schools in Indiana and California. He was professor of biology at the Indiana State University in...
& Marsh, 1900) (Surf eel) - Ichthyapus platyrhynchus (Gosline, 1951)
- Ichthyapus selachops (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& C. H. GilbertCharles Henry GilbertCharles Henry Gilbert was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species...
, 1882) (Smiling snake-eel) - Ichthyapus vulturis (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) (Vulture sand-eel)