title: Ichthyapus
text: # Ichthyapus
  
  Ichthyapus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Ichthyapus acuticeps Barnard, 1923 (Sharpnose sand eel)
  * Ichthyapus insularis J. E. McCosker, 2004
  * Ichthyapus keramanus Machida, Hasimoto & Yamakawa, 1997
  * Ichthyapus ophioneus Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900 (Surf eel)
  * Ichthyapus platyrhynchus Gosline, 1951
  * Ichthyapus selachops D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Smiling snake eel)
  * Ichthyapus vulturis M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 (Vulture sand eel)
  