Bascanichthys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species: \n* Bascanichthys bascanium (D. S. Jordan, 1884) (Sooty eel) \n* Bascanichthys bascanoides R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916 (Sooty sand-eel) \n* Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache & Cadenat, 1971 \n* Bascanichthys congoensis Blache & Cadenat, 1971 \n* Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 (Round sand-eel) \n* Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961 (Indian longtailed sand-eel) \n* Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935) \n* Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872) \n* Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 \n* Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870) (Longtailed sand-eel) \n* Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) \n* Bascanichthys myers