Ichthyapus insularis

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author=Tighe, K. |year=2015 |title=Ichthyapus insularis |page=e.T199008A2549391 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T199008A2549391.en |access-date=13 November 2024}}

| taxon = Ichthyapus insularis

| authority = McCosker, 2004

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Ichthyapus insularis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae ("snake eels").{{FishBase |Ichthyapus|insularis}} It was described by John E. McCosker in 2004.{{cite journal|author=McCosker, J. E.|date= 23 April 2004|title=A new species of finless snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Ascension Island, with comments on Ichthyapus acutirostris |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |volume= 55 |issue=7|pages=169–173}} It is a tropical saltwater eel found only around Ascension Island in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of {{convert|0|to|1|m|ft}} and lives among rocks and sand. Males can reach a total length of {{convert|42.7|cm|in}}.

The species epithet "insularis", meaning "island" in Latin, refers to Ascension Island, to which I. insularis seems to be endemic.