The Longtailed sand-eel[2] (Bascanichthys kirkii) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under the genus Ophichthys.

[4] It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from Aden to Natal, South Africa, in the western Indian Ocean.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 54 centimetres (21 in).

[3] This Ophichthidae article is a stub.