Bascanichthys

Bascanichthys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:


 * Bascanichthys bascanium (D. S. Jordan, 1884) (Sooty eel)
 * Bascanichthys bascanoides R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916 (Sooty sand-eel)
 * Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache & Cadenat, 1971
 * Bascanichthys congoensis Blache & Cadenat, 1971
 * Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Round sand-eel)
 * Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961 (Indian longtailed sand-eel)
 * Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935)
 * Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872)
 * Bascanichthys gaira (Moreno, Acero P. & Grijalba-Bendeck, 2016)
 * Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989
 * Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870) (Longtailed sand-eel)
 * Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
 * Bascanichthys myersi (Herre, 1932)
 * Bascanichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Panama sand-eel)
 * Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939
 * Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917
 * Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1880) (Whip eel)
 * Bascanichthys sibogae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)