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

(See list of species below)


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18 species (see list below)

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Photo by FAO

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

Photo by FAO
 
Apterichtus anguiformis
[Slender finless eel]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

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

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Apterichtus ansp
[Academy eel]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

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

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

Photo by Suárez, C.

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

Photo by Suárez, C.
 
Apterichtus caecus
[European finless eel]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 28.9 cm TL
 
Apterichtus dunalailai
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

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

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 Randall, J.E.
 
Apterichtus flavicaudus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 31.9 cm TL
 
Apterichtus gracilis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 53.4 cm TL
 
Apterichtus hatookai
[Orange blotched eel]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 30.5 cm TL
 
Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 60 cm TL
 
Apterichtus kendalli
[Finless eel]
No picture found
Western Pacific
 
Apterichtus keramanus
[]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

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

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Apterichtus klazingai
[Sharpsnout snake eel]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 49.5 cm TL
 
Apterichtus monodi
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 5.0 cm TL
 
Apterichtus moseri
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 30.1 cm TL
 
Apterichtus mysi
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 31.8 cm TL
 
Apterichtus orientalis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 17.5 cm TL
 
Apterichtus succinus
[]
18 Species of Family Ophichthidae with Genus Apterichtus
(Snake eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1877 Apterichtus anguiformis Slender finless eel Eastern Atlantic 49.3 TL
1968 Apterichtus ansp Academy eel Western Atlantic 54 TL
2005 Apterichtus australis Snake eel Western Central Pacific 57 TL
1758 Apterichtus caecus European finless eel Eastern Atlantic 60 TL
2015 Apterichtus dunalailai Western Central Pacific 28.9 TL
1941 Apterichtus equatorialis Equatorial eel Eastern Pacific 31.2 TL
1904 Apterichtus flavicaudus Eastern Central Pacific 80 TL
1856 Apterichtus gracilis Eastern Central Atlantic 31.9 TL
2014 Apterichtus hatookai Orange blotched eel Northwest Pacific 53.4 TL
2015 Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi Western Central Pacific 30.5 TL
1891 Apterichtus kendalli Finless eel Western Atlantic 60 TL
1997 Apterichtus keramanus Western Pacific
1913 Apterichtus klazingai Sharpsnout snake eel Indo-Pacific 40 TL
1966 Apterichtus monodi Eastern Atlantic 49.5 TL
1901 Apterichtus moseri Northwest Pacific 5.0 TL
2015 Apterichtus mysi Eastern Central Pacific 30.1 TL
1994 Apterichtus orientalis Northwest Pacific 31.8 TL
2016 Apterichtus succinus Eastern Central Pacific 17.5 TL



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