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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Apterichtus: From the Greek απτερόν (apteron), without fins, and ίχθύς (ichtus, more correctly written ichthys; masculine), fish..
More on authors: Jordan & Snyder.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 15 - 240 m (Ref. 101270). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Suruga Bay and Kumano-nada Sea in Japan.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL (female)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Vértebras: 141 - 145. This species is distinguished by the following characters: tail 1.9-2.1, head 14-18, and body depth 53-74 in total length; preopercular pores 3 and pores in supratemporal canal 5 (rarely 6); anterior margin of orbit is above or behind tip of lower jaw; conical teeth, uniserial on jaws and vomer (5 vomerine teeth); body coloration when preserved pale with dark brown or dark orange blotches on preopercle and supratemporal, smaller spots on body and tail, cephalic pores and lateral-line pores in conspicuous pale spots and MVF 66-143, total vertebrae 141-145 (n= 3) (Ref. 101270).
A deepwater species, specimens were captured using dredge and trawl between 111-240 m depth but underwater photographs taken from the sandy bottom at Suruga Bay (Japan) suggest that it might occur as shallow as 15-25 m depth (Ref. 101270).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Machida, Y. and S. Ohta, 1994. A new snake-eel, Apterichtus orientalis, from the Pacific coast of western Japan (Opichthinae, Ophichthidae). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 41(1):1-5. (Ref. 13362)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
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