Ichthyapus platyrhynchus

Ichthyapus platyrhynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ichthyapus
Species:	I. platyrhynchus
Binomial name
	Ichthyapus platyrhynchus; (Gosline, 1951)
Synonyms[1]
	Caecula platyrhyncha Gosline, 1951;

Ichthyapus platyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by William Alonzo Gosline III in 1951.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It forms burrows in sand sediments.[2]

References

Synonyms of Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
Gosline, W. A. 1951 (Oct.) [ref. 1858] The osteology and classification of the ophichthid eels of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science v. 5 (no. 4): 298-320.

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[1] Synonyms of Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-2] Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.

[Gosline,_1951-3] Gosline, W. A. 1951 (Oct.) [ref. 1858] The osteology and classification of the ophichthid eels of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science v. 5 (no. 4): 298-320.