The Longtailed sand-eel[2] (Bascanichthys kirkii) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under the genus Ophichthys.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from Aden to Natal, South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 54 centimetres (21 in).[3]
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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. kirkii
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| Binomial name | |
| Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ Synonyms of Bascanichthys kirkii at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Bascanichthys kirkii at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Bascanichthys kirkii at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549
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