The Vulture sand eel (Ichthyapus vulturis, also known as the Vulture eelCommon names of Ichthyapus vulturis at www.fishbase.org.) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus.Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 [ref. 4604] The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Mascarenes, Pitcairn, Japan, Australia, Micronesia, and Easter Island. It dwells in inshore waters at a depth range of , and forms burrows in soft, sandy sediments.
The Vulture sand eel's diet consists of bony fish.Food items reported for Ichthyapus vulturis at www.fishbase.org.
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