Apterichtus klazingai

Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Apterichtus
Species: Apterichtus klazingai

Apterichtus klazingai

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Name

Apterichtus klazingai (Weber, 1913)

• Syntypes: ZMA 104147-48 (1, 1).

Type locality: Banda [Indonesia, Banda Sea, western Pacific], Siboga station 240, depth 9-45 meters.

Etymology: in honor of M. D. Klazinga, the brave (“vaillaint”) chief mechanical officer of the Siboga, to whom the expedition, which collected type, owes much, (from The ETYFish Project).

Synonyms

• Sphagebranchus klazingai Weber, 1913:47

Vernacular names

English: Sharpsnout Snake Eel

References

• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.2. Reference page. 
• Weber, M. 1913. Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. E.J. Brill, Leiden i–xii + 1–710, pls. 1–12. Reference page. 

Links

• Apterichtus klazingai in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Apterichtus klazingai in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.