Apterichtus orientalis

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 orientalis

Name

Apterichtus orientalis Machida & Ohta, 1994

• Holotype (unique): BSKU 81631.

Type locality: Southeast of Kii Peninsula, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, 33°26.4'N, 135°43.8'E to 33°26.2'N, 135°44.3'E, depth 79-81 meters.

Etymology: From orientalis (= eastern), referring to type locality in the Far East (Japan), (from The ETYFish Project).

References

• Machida, Y. & Ohta, S., 1994: A new snake-eel, Apterichtus orientalis, from the Pacific coast of western Japan (Ophichthinae, Ophichthidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 41 (1): 1–5.

• 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. 

Links

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