Apterichtus

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Kingdom Animalia Family Ophichthidae Rank Genus		Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Eel

Similar European finless eel, Eel, Armless snake eel, Callechelys, Pisodonophis

Apterichtus is a genus of fish in the family Ophichthidae.

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

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)

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 nariculus McCosker & Hibino, 2015

Apterichtus orientalis Machida & Ohta, 1994

Apterichtus succinus Hibino, McCosker & Kimura, 2016

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