Bascanichthys fijiensis

Bascanichthys fijiensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Alvin Seale in 1935.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Fiji (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western central Pacific Ocean.[2]

Bascanichthys fijiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Ophichthidae
Genus:
Bascanichthys
Species:
B. fijiensis
Binomial name
Bascanichthys fijiensis
(Seale, 1935)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callechelys fijiensis Seale, 1935

References
  1. Synonyms of Bascanichthys fijiensis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Bascanichthys fijiensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Seale, A., 1935 (23 Oct.) [ref. 12336] The Templeton Crocker Expedition to western Polynesian and Melanesian islands, 1933. No. 27. Fishes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 21 (no. 27): 337-378, Pls. 20-23.


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