Apterichtus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Apterichtus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Apterichtus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Apterichtus
Apterichtus is a genus of fish in the family Ophichthidae (snake eels). Many of its species are called finless eels.
The name literally means "finless fish" in Greek, from apteron ('no-fins' < privative a + pteron) and ichthys ('fish').
...Apterichtus in languages:
- English
- Finless Eels
- Japanese
- ゴマウミヘビ属
- Russian
- Аптерихты
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Allips
- Aplatophis
- Aprognathodon
- Apterichtus
- Bascanichthys
- Brachysomophis
- Caecula
- Callechelys
- Caralophia
- Chauligenion
- Cirrhimuraena
- Cirricaecula
- Dalophis
- Echelus
- Echiophis
- Ethadophis
- Evips
- Gordiichthys
- Hemerorhinus
- Herpetoichthys
- Hyphalophis
- Ichthyapus
- Kertomichthys
- Lamnostoma
- Leiuranus
- Leptenchelys
- Letharchus
- Lethogoleos
- Leuropharus
- Luthulenchelys
- Malvoliophis
- Myrichthys
- Mystriophis
- Ophichthus
- Ophisurus
- Paraletharchus
- Phaenomonas
- Phyllophichthus
- Pisodonophis
- Quassiremus
- Rhinophichthus
- Scytalichthys
- Stictorhinus
- Suculentophichthus
- Xestochilus
- Xyrias
- Yirrkala
Child Taxa
- Apterichtus anguiformis
- Apterichtus ansp
- Apterichtus australis
- Apterichtus caecus
- Apterichtus dunalailai
- Apterichtus equatorialis
- Apterichtus flavicaudus
- Apterichtus gracilis
- Apterichtus hatookai
- Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi
- Apterichtus kendalli
- Apterichtus klazingai
- Apterichtus malabar
- Apterichtus monodi
- Apterichtus moseri
- Apterichtus mysi
- Apterichtus nariculus
- Apterichtus orientalis
- Apterichtus soyoae
- Apterichtus succinus