''Apterichtus'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Ophichthidae
Ophichthidae is a family (biology), family of fish in the order (biology), order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek language, Greek ''ophis'' ("serpent") and ''ichthys'' ("fish"). Snake eels ...
(snake eels). Many of its species are called finless eels.
The name literally means "finless fish" in Greek, from ('no-fins' <
privative ''a'' +
) and ('fish').
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
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, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
) (European finless eel)
* ''
Apterichtus dunalailai
''Apterichtus'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Ophichthidae (snake eels). Many of its species are called finless eels.
The name literally means "finless fish" in Greek, from ('no-fins' < privative a, privative ''a'' + wikt: ...
''
McCosker & Hibino, 2015[McCosker, J.E. & Hibino, Y. (2015): A review of the finless snake eels of the genus ''Apterichtus'' (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. ''Zootaxa, 3941 (1): 49–78.'']
* ''
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)
[Hibino, Y., Shibata, J.-y. & Kimura, S. (2014): Description of a new snake eel, ''Apterichtus hatookai'' sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the Pacific coast of Japan. ''Ichthyological Research, 61 (4): 317-321.'']
* ''
Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi''
McCosker & Hibino, 2015[
* '' 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][
* '' Apterichtus monodi'' ( C. Roux, 1966)
* '' Apterichtus moseri'' ( D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
* '' Apterichtus mysi'' McCosker & Hibino, 2015][
* '' Apterichtus nanjilnaduensis''
* '' Apterichtus nariculus'' McCosker & Hibino, 2015][
* '' Apterichtus orientalis'' Machida & Ohta, 1994
* '' Apterichtus succinus'' Hibino, McCosker & Kimura, 2016][Hibino, Y., McCosker, J.E. & Kimura, S. (2016): A new species of ''Apterichtus'' (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Marquesas Islands. ''Zootaxa, 4117 (1): 146–150.'']
References
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Ophichthinae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril