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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae Snake eels
Subfamily: Ophichthinae
Genus: Apterichtus

(See list of species below)


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21 species (see list below)
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Photo by Rabeling, D.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 49.3 cm TL
Apterichtus anguiformis (Peters, 1877)

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Apterichtus anguiformis
[Slender finless eel]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 54 cm TL
Apterichtus ansp (Böhlke, 1968)

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Apterichtus ansp
[Academy eel]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 57 cm TL
Apterichtus australis McCosker & Randall, 2005

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Apterichtus australis
[Snake eel]

Photo by Rabeling, D.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Apterichtus caecus
[European finless eel]

Photo by McCosker & Hibino, 2015

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 28.9 cm TL
Apterichtus dunalailai McCosker & Hibino, 2015

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Apterichtus dunalailai
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 31.2 cm TL
Apterichtus equatorialis (Myers & Wade, 1941)

Photo by Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Apterichtus equatorialis
[Equatorial eel]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 80 cm TL
Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder, 1904)

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Apterichtus flavicaudus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 31.9 cm TL
 
Apterichtus gracilis
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 53.4 cm TL
Apterichtus hatookai Hibino, Shibata & Kimura, 2014

Photo by Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Apterichtus hatookai
[Orange blotched eel]

Photo by Williams, J.T.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 30.5 cm TL
Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi McCosker & Hibino, 2015

Photo by Photo by Williams, J.T.
 
Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 60 cm TL
 
Apterichtus kendalli
[Finless eel]
No picture found
 
Apterichtus keramanus
[]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Apterichtus klazingai (Weber, 1913)

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Apterichtus klazingai
[Sharpsnout snake eel]

Photo by McCosker & Hibino, 2015

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 41.4 cm TL
Apterichtus malabar McCosker & Hibino, 2015

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Apterichtus malabar
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 49.5 cm TL
 
Apterichtus monodi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.0 cm TL
 
Apterichtus moseri
[]

Photo by McCosker & Hibino, 2015

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 30.1 cm TL
Apterichtus mysi McCosker & Hibino, 2015

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Apterichtus mysi
[]

Photo by McCosker & Hibino, 2015

Western Pacific
Max. Length 30.8 cm TL
Apterichtus nariculus McCosker & Hibino, 2015

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Apterichtus nariculus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 44.3 cm TL
 
Apterichtus orientalis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17.1 cm TL
 
Apterichtus soyoae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17.5 cm TL
 
Apterichtus succinus
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Apterichtus anguiformis Slender finless eel Eastern Atlantic 49.3 TL 1877
Apterichtus ansp Academy eel Western Atlantic 54 TL 1968
Apterichtus australis Snake eel Western Central Pacific 57 TL 2005
Apterichtus caecus European finless eel Eastern Atlantic 60 TL 1758
Apterichtus dunalailai Western Central Pacific 28.9 TL 2015
Apterichtus equatorialis Equatorial eel Eastern Pacific 31.2 TL 1941
Apterichtus flavicaudus Eastern Central Pacific 80 TL 1904
Apterichtus gracilis Eastern Central Atlantic 31.9 TL 1856
Apterichtus hatookai Orange blotched eel Northwest Pacific 53.4 TL 2014
Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi Western Central Pacific 30.5 TL 2015
Apterichtus kendalli Finless eel Western Atlantic 60 TL 1891
Apterichtus keramanus Western Pacific 1997
Apterichtus klazingai Sharpsnout snake eel Indo-Pacific 40 TL 1913
Apterichtus malabar Southwest Pacific 41.4 TL 2015
Apterichtus monodi Eastern Atlantic 49.5 TL 1966
Apterichtus moseri Northwest Pacific 5.0 TL 1901
Apterichtus mysi Eastern Central Pacific 30.1 TL 2015
Apterichtus nariculus Western Pacific 30.8 TL 2015
Apterichtus orientalis Northwest Pacific 44.3 TL 1994
Apterichtus soyoae Northwest Pacific 17.1 TL 2018
Apterichtus succinus Eastern Central Pacific 17.5 TL 2016



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