genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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fish
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family
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Ophichthidae
Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ''ophis'' ("serpent") and ''ichthys'' ("fish"). Snake eels are also burrowing eels. They are named for thei ...
(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:
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Apterichtus ansp
''Apterichtus ansp'', the Academy eel, is a species of snake eel native to the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, United States through the Bahamas to Brazil. It is known to dwell down to a maximum depth of , and leads a benthic lifestyl ...
'' ( J. E. Böhlke, 1968) (Academy finless eel)
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Apterichtus australis
''Apterichtus australis'', the snake eel or South Pacific snake eel, is a species of snake eel native to the south Pacific Ocean where it occurs around the island groups of Rapa Iti, Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn, Easter Islands, Easter and the Kerm ...
Apterichtus caecus
''Apterichtus caecus'', the European finless eel, is a species of snake eel native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from the Azores to the Gulf of Guinea, and into the western Mediterranean including the Balearic Islands. It can be found on th ...
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Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
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1758
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* 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 zoological ...
) (European finless eel)
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Apterichtus dunalailai
''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 (‘no-fins’ < McCosker &
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, 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.''
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Apterichtus equatorialis
''Apterichtus equatorialis'', the finless eel or equatorial eel, is a species of snake eel
Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ''ophis'' ("se ...
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Apterichtus gracilis
''Apterichtus gracilis'' is a species of snake eel native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of western Africa. It is known to occur on the continental shelf
A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged unde ...
Apterichtus hatookai
''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 (‘no-fins’ < Hibino Hibino (written: 日比野 or 日美野) may refer to:
Surname
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese model
*, Japanese tennis player
*, Japanese composer and saxophonist
*, Japanese professional drifting driver
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*Hibino, Japanese AV productio ...
Kimura Kimura (written: lit. "tree village") is the 17th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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, 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.''
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Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi
''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 (‘no-fins’ < McCosker &
Hibino Hibino (written: 日比野 or 日美野) may refer to:
Surname
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese model
*, Japanese tennis player
*, Japanese composer and saxophonist
*, Japanese professional drifting driver
Other
*Hibino, Japanese AV productio ...
, 2015
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Apterichtus kendalli
''Apterichtus kendalli'', the Western Atlantic finless eel or finless eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Western Atlantic finless eel)
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Apterichtus klazingai
The sharpsnout snake eel (''Apterichtus klazingai'') is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Sharp-snout finless eel)
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Apterichtus malabar
''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 (‘no-fins’ < McCosker &
Hibino Hibino (written: 日比野 or 日美野) may refer to:
Surname
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese model
*, Japanese tennis player
*, Japanese composer and saxophonist
*, Japanese professional drifting driver
Other
*Hibino, Japanese AV productio ...
, 2015
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Apterichtus monodi
''Apterichtus monodi'' is a species of snake eel native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean where it is found along the African coast from Senegal to Nigeria. It can be found at depths of from where it digs burrows into sandy or muddy substrates ...
Apterichtus moseri
''Apterichtus moseri'' is a species of snake eel native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean where it is only known from Suruga Bay and the Kumano-nada Sea in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island cou ...
Hibino Hibino (written: 日比野 or 日美野) may refer to:
Surname
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese model
*, Japanese tennis player
*, Japanese composer and saxophonist
*, Japanese professional drifting driver
Other
*Hibino, Japanese AV productio ...
Hibino Hibino (written: 日比野 or 日美野) may refer to:
Surname
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese model
*, Japanese tennis player
*, Japanese composer and saxophonist
*, Japanese professional drifting driver
Other
*Hibino, Japanese AV productio ...
, 2015
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Apterichtus orientalis
''Apterichtus orientalis'' is a species of snake eel native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean where it is known only from the Kii Peninsula in western Japan. It can be found at depths of from where it occurs on substrates of sand or mud. It c ...
Apterichtus succinus
''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 (‘no-fins’ < Hibino Hibino (written: 日比野 or 日美野) may refer to:
Surname
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese model
*, Japanese tennis player
*, Japanese composer and saxophonist
*, Japanese professional drifting driver
Other
*Hibino, Japanese AV productio ...
Kimura Kimura (written: lit. "tree village") is the 17th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese novelist
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese botanist
*, Japanese idol and singer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanes ...
, 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.''