Species: Bascanichthys cylindricus, Round sand-eel
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Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923
Round sand-eel
Body elongate; head and trunk 52-57% of TL; front nostril tubular, rear nostril opens in mouth; head skin rough; eye small; snout short, blunt, grooved on underside; tip of lower jaw before base of front nostrils; jaw teeth small, conical, in 1 row on jaws, 2 rows on roof of mouth; teeth between top jaws exposed when mouth is closed; gill opening crescent-like, at lower side; dorsal and anal fins low; dorsal origin on head before gill opening; tip of tail hard and finless; pectoral fin present as a small flap behind the upper half of the gill opening, its length slightly greater than width of its base.
Brown grading to tan on ventral part; dorsal fin whitish or tan; head pores not in white spots.
Size: reaches 88 cm.
Habitat: sandy bottoms.
Depth: 0-30 m.
Mexico to Ecuador.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic
- Continent only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 88
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
