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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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 | |
Synonyms | |
Branderius Rafinesque, 1815 |
The name literally means "finless fish" in Greek, from apteron (‘no-fins’ < privative a + pteron) and ichthys (‘fish’).[1]
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:
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