Apterichtus
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| 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 | |
Apterichtus is a genus of fish in the family Ophichthidae (snake eels). Many of its species are called finless eels.
The name literally means "finless fish" in Greek, from apteron ('no-fins' < privative a + pteron) and ichthys ('fish').[1]