Ichthyapus platyrhynchus

Ichthyapus platyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[3] It was described by William Alonzo Gosline III in 1951.^[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It forms burrows in sand sediments.^[3]

Ichthyapus platyrhynchus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ichthyapus
Species:	I. platyrhynchus
Binomial name
Ichthyapus platyrhynchus (Gosline, 1951)
Synonyms[2]
Caecula platyrhyncha Gosline, 1951