The Panama sand-eel (Bascanichthys panamensis, also known as the Panamic sand-eel in MexicoCommon names of Bascanichthys panamensis at www.fishbase.org.) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Bascanichthys panamensis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Seth Eugene Meek and Samuel Frederick Hildebrand in 1923.Meek, S. E. and S. F. Hildebrand, 1923 (20 Dec.) [ref. 2963] The marine fishes of Panama. Part I. Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215): i-xi + 1-330, Pls. 1-24. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua. It dwells at a maximum depth of , and inhabits sandy sediments, sometimes in estuaries and mangroves.Bascanichthys panamensis at the IUCN redlist. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
The IUCN redlist currently lists the Panama sand-eel as Least Concern, due to a lack of major threats and observed population decline. It notes, however, that coastal development in its range could prove problematic for the species.
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