Apterichtus
Genus of fishes
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Apterichtus is a genus of fish in the family Ophichthidae (snake eels). Many of its species are called finless eels.
| Apterichtus | |
|---|---|
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| Apterichtus caecus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Apterichtus A. M. C. Duméril, 1806 |
| Type species | |
| Caecilia branderiana Lacépède, 1800 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Branderius Rafinesque, 1815 | |
The name literally means "finless fish" in Greek, from apteron ('no-fins' < privative a + pteron) and ichthys ('fish').[1]
Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:
- Apterichtus anguiformis (W. K. H. Peters, 1877) (Slender finless eel)
- Apterichtus ansp (J. E. Böhlke, 1968) (Academy finless eel)
- Apterichtus australis McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2005
- Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European finless eel)
- Apterichtus dunalailai McCosker & Hibino, 2015[2]
- Apterichtus equatorialis (G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941) (Equatorial finless eel)
- Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder, 1904)
- Apterichtus gracilis (Kaup, 1856)
- Apterichtus hatookai Hibino, Shibata & Kimura, 2014 (Orange-blotched finless eel) [3]
- Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi McCosker & Hibino, 2015[2]
- Apterichtus kendalli (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Western Atlantic finless eel)
- Apterichtus klazingai (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Sharp-snout finless eel)
- Apterichtus malabar McCosker & Hibino, 2015[2]
- Apterichtus monodi (C. Roux, 1966)
- Apterichtus moseri (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Apterichtus mysi McCosker & Hibino, 2015[2]
- Apterichtus nanjilnaduensis
- Apterichtus nariculus McCosker & Hibino, 2015[2]
- Apterichtus orientalis Machida & Ohta, 1994
- Apterichtus succinus Hibino, McCosker & Kimura, 2016[4]