Misplaced Pages

Whip eel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Bascanichthys
Species:	B. scuticaris
Binomial name
Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & Bean, 1880)
Synonyms
Sphagebranchus scuticaris Goode & Bean, 1880 Sphagebranchus teres Goode & Bean, 1882

The whip eel (Bascanichthys scuticaris, also known as the sooty eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1880. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States and the Gulf of Mexico. It inhabits reefs and coastal waters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 76 centimetres (30 in).

References

1. Synonyms of Bascanichthys scuticaris at www.fishbase.org.
2. Common names of Bascanichthys scuticaris at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Bascanichthys scuticaris at www.fishbase.org.
4. Goode, G. B. and T. H. Bean, 1880 (25 Mar.) Catalogue of a collection of fishes obtained in the Gulf of Mexico, by Dr. J. W. Velie, with descriptions of seven new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 2 (no. 98): 333-345.

This Anguilliformes article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Bascanichthys
• Fish described in 1880
• Anguilliformes stubs