The Indian longtailed sand-eelCommon names of Bascanichthys deraniyagalai at www.fishbase.org. (Bascanichthys deraniyagalai) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Bascanichthys deraniyagalai at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Ambat Gopalan Kutty Menon in 1961.Menon, A. G. K., 1961 (Mar. (publ. Sept.)) [ref. 9366] Bascanichthys deraniyagalai, a new eel from the Coromandel coast of India with a key to the Indian Ophichthyidae. Journal of the Zoological Society of India v. 13 (no. 1): 13-15. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Pacific and Indian Ocean, including India and Sri Lanka. It inhabits river mouths and lagoons. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
The Indian longtailed sand-eel is of no commercial interest to fisheries.
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