The Indian longtailed sand-eel[1] (Bascanichthys deraniyagalai) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Ambat Gopalan Kutty Menon in 1961.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Pacific and Indian Ocean, including India and Sri Lanka. It inhabits river mouths and lagoons. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres (24 in).[2]
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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. deraniyagalai
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| Binomial name | |
| Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961
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The Indian longtailed sand-eel is of no commercial interest to fisheries.[2]
References edit
- ^ Common names of Bascanichthys deraniyagalai at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b c Bascanichthys deraniyagalai at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Menon, A. G. K., 1961 (Mar. (publ. Sept.)) [ref. 9366] Bascanichthys deraniyagalai, a new eel from the Coromandel coast of India with a key to the Indian Ophichthyidae. Journal of the Zoological Society of India v. 13 (no. 1): 13-15.
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