Bascanichthys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Bascanichthys bascanium <small>(D. S. Jordan, 1884)</small> (Sooty eel)
- Bascanichthys bascanoides <small>R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916</small> (Sooty sand-eel)
- Bascanichthys ceciliae <small>Blache & Cadenat, 1971</small>
- Bascanichthys cylindricus <small>Meek & Hildebrand, 1923</small> (Round sand-eel)
- Bascanichthys deraniyagalai <small>Menon, 1961</small> (Indian longtailed sand-eel)
- Bascanichthys fijiensis <small>(Seale, 1935)</small>
- Bascanichthys filaria <small>(Günther, 1872)</small>
- Bascanichthys gaira <small>(Moreno, Acero P. & Grijalba-Bendeck, 2016)</small> (Colombian sand eel)
- Bascanichthys inopinatus <small>McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989</small>
- Bascanichthys kabeyawan <small>Hibino & Ho, 2022</small> (Kabeyawan sand eel)
- Bascanichthys kirkii <small>(Günther, 1870)</small> (Longtailed sand-eel)
- Bascanichthys longipinnis <small>(Kner & Steindachner, 1867)</small>
- Bascanichthys myersi <small>(Herre, 1932)</small>
- Bascanichthys panamensis <small>Meek & Hildebrand, 1923</small> (Panama sand-eel)
- Bascanichthys paulensis <small>Storey, 1939</small>
- Bascanichthys pusillus <small>Seale, 1917</small>
- Bascanichthys ryukyuensis <small>Hibino, Yamashita & Sakurai, 2022</small> (Vine-like sand eel)
- Bascanichthys scuticaris <small>(Goode & T. H. Bean, 1880)</small> (Whip eel)
- Bascanichthys sibogae <small>(M. C. W. Weber, 1913)</small>
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