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smiling sand eel (Ichthyapus selachops)
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Ophichthidae

smiling sand eel

Ichthyapus selachops

Fifty Four Centimeters Eel of Eastern Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

smiling sand eel is a marine fish of Eastern Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 54 cm.

Maximum length
54 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California, Costa Rica to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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