Ichthyapus platyrhynchus explained

Ichthyapus platyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by William Alonzo Gosline III in 1951.[2] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It forms burrows in sand sediments.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Ichthyapus-platyrhynchus.html Ichthyapus platyrhynchus
  2. 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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