The Sooty sand-eelCommon names of Bascanichthys bascanoides at www.fishbase.org. (Bascanichthys bascanoides) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Bascanichthys bascanoides at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Raymond Carroll Osburn and John Treadwell Nichols in 1916.Osburn, R. C. and J. T. Nichols, 1916 (26 May) [ref. 15062] Shore fishes collected by the "Albatross" expedition in Lower California, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 35 (art. 16): 139-181. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica and Mexico. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of , and inhabits sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Sooty sand-eel as Least Concern.Bascanichthys bascanoides at the IUCN redlist.
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