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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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| 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
editThere 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 nariculus McCosker & Hibino, 2015[2]
- Apterichtus orientalis Machida & Ohta, 1994
- Apterichtus succinus Hibino, McCosker & Kimura, 2016[4]
References
edit- ^ Eugenia B. Böhlke; et al. (2018). Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes: Part 9. Vol. 1. Yale University Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-1-933789-19-4.
From the Greek apteron (without fins) and ichtus (correctly written ichthys, fish).
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hibino, Y., McCosker, J.E. & Kimura, S. (2016): A new species of Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Marquesas Islands. Zootaxa, 4117 (1): 146–150.