Apterichtus ansp

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 ansp

Name

Apterichtus ansp (Böhlke, 1968)

• Holotype: ANSP 98366.
• Paratypes: ANSP 98367-69 (4, 4, 2), 111662-63 (1, 5), 111664 (1, c&s), 130692 (1); UF 10304 (1).

Type locality: Green Cay, about 1/4 mile north of center of cay, north of Rose Island, vicinity of Nassau, Bahamas, depth 50 feet.

Etymology: abbreviation for Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, where Böhlke worked and where holotype is housed, (from The ETYFish Project).

Synonyms

• Verma ansp Böhlke, 1968:3

Vernacular names

English: Academy Eel

References

• Böhlke, J. E. 1968. A new species of the ophichthid eel genus Verma from the west Atlantic, with comments on related species. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) 415: 1–12.Reference page. 
• 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 ansp in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Apterichtus ansp in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.