Apterichtus

Apterichtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Apterichtus A. M. C. Duméril, 1806
Species
See text.

Apterichtus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:

• Apterichtus anguiformis (W. K. H. Peters, 1877) (Slender finless eel)
• Apterichtus ansp (J. E. Böhlke, 1968) (Academy eel)
• Apterichtus australis McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2005 (Snake eel)
• Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European finless eel)
• Apterichtus equatorialis (G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941) (Finless eel)
• Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder, 1904)
• Apterichtus gracilis (Kaup, 1856)
• Apterichtus gymnocelus (J. E. Böhlke, 1953)
• Apterichtus kendalli (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Western Atlantic finless eel)
• Apterichtus keramanus Machida, Hasimoto & Yamakawa, 1997
• Apterichtus klazingai (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Sharpsnout snake eel)
• Apterichtus monodi (C. Roux, 1966)
• Apterichtus moseri (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
• Apterichtus orientalis Machida & Ohta, 1994