Apterichtus nariculus

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

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

Name

Apterichtus nariculus McCosker & Hibino, 2015

• Holotype: .
• Paratypes: .

Type locality: .

Etymology: diminutive of naris (= nostril), referring to its minute anterior nostrils. (From The ETYFish Project).

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.