Bascanichthys
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Bascanichthys is a genus of eel
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
Eel
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:
- Bascanichthys bascanium (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:...
, 1884) (Sooty eel) - Bascanichthys bascanoides R. C. Osburn & NicholsJohn Treadwell NicholsJohn Treadwell Nichols was an American ichthyologist.-Biography:Nichols was born as son of John White Treadwell Nichols in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1906 he studied vertebrate zoology at Harvard College where he graduated to Bachelor of Arts...
, 1916 (Sooty sand-eel) - Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache & Cadenat, 1971
- Bascanichthys congoensis Blache & Cadenat, 1971
- Bascanichthys cylindricus MeekSeth Eugene MeekSeth Eugene Meek was an American ichthyologist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He was the first compiler of a book on Mexican freshwater fishes. Together with his assistant, Samuel F. Hildebrand, he produced the first book on the freshwater fishes of Panama.He often collaborated...
& Hildebrand, 1923 (Round sand-eel) - Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961 (Indian longtailed sand-eel)
- Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935)
- Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872)
- Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989
- Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870) (Longtailed sand-eel)
- Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1867) - Bascanichthys myersi (HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1932) - Bascanichthys panamensis MeekSeth Eugene MeekSeth Eugene Meek was an American ichthyologist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He was the first compiler of a book on Mexican freshwater fishes. Together with his assistant, Samuel F. Hildebrand, he produced the first book on the freshwater fishes of Panama.He often collaborated...
& Hildebrand, 1923 (Panama sand-eel) - Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939
- Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917
- Bascanichthys scuticaris (GoodeGeorge Brown GoodeGeorge Brown Goode , was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. Goode graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University...
& BeanTarleton Hoffman BeanTarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
, 1880) (Whip eel) - Bascanichthys sibogae (Weber, 1913)