Ichthyapus acuticeps
Species of fish
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The sharpnose sand eel[3] (Ichthyapus acuticeps) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[4] It was described by Keppel Harcourt Barnard in 1923, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus.[5] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Zululand and Durban in South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres (16 in).[4]
| Ichthyapus acuticeps | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ichthyapus |
| Species: | I. acuticeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923) | |
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