Ichthyapus acuticeps

The sharpnose sand eel^[3] (Ichthyapus acuticeps) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[4] It was described by Keppel Harcourt Barnard in 1923, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus.^[5] 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 40 centimetres (16 in).^[4]

Ichthyapus acuticeps
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ichthyapus
Species:	I. acuticeps
Binomial name
Ichthyapus acuticeps (Barnard, 1923)
Synonyms[2]
Sphagebranchus acuticeps Barnard, 1923 Caecula acuticeps (Barnard, 1923)