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Vulture sand eel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ichthyapus
Species:	I. vulturis
Binomial name
Ichthyapus vulturis (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
Synonyms
Sphagebranchus vulturis Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 Ichthyapus vulturus (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)

The Vulture sand eel (Ichthyapus vulturis, also known as the Vulture eel) 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. 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 2 to 18 metres (6.6 to 59.1 ft), and forms burrows in soft, sandy sediments.

The Vulture sand eel's diet consists of bony fish.

References

1. McCosker, J.; Béarez, P.; and Lea, B. (2010). "Ichthyapus vulturis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T199277A2577653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T199277A2577653.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
2. Synonyms of Ichthyapus vulturis at www.fishbase.org.
3. Common names of Ichthyapus vulturis at www.fishbase.org.
4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ichthyapus vulturis". FishBase. November 2024 version.
5. Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.
6. Food items reported for Ichthyapus vulturis at www.fishbase.org.

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