Apterichtus monodi

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 monodi

Name

Apterichtus monodi (Roux, 1966)

• Holotype: MNHN 1971-0032.
• Paratypes: MNHN 1971-0033 (2).

Type locality: Off Cape Verde Islands, Senegal, depth 150 meters.

Etymology: in honor of French naturalist and explorer Théodore Monod (1902-2000), who provided type, (from The ETYFish Project).

Synonyms

• Caecula (Sphagebranchus) monodi Roux, 1966

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. 
• Roux, C. 1966. Une nouvelle espèce de poisson apode de la famille des Ophichthidae: Caecula (Sphagebranchus) monodi sp. nov. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (Série 2) 37(4) (for 1965): 593–598. Reference page. 

Links

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