The sharpnose sand eelCommon names of Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org. (Ichthyapus acuticeps) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ichthyapus acuticeps at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Keppel Harcourt Barnard in 1923, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus.Barnard, K. H., 1923 (Sept.) [ref. 191] Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. Annals of the South African Museum v. 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Zululand and Durban in South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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