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 ('no-fins' < privative a + ) and ('fish').
Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:
- Apterichtus anguiformis <small>(W. K. H. Peters, 1877)</small> (Slender finless eel)
- Apterichtus ansp <small>(J. E. Böhlke, 1968)</small> (Academy finless eel)
- Apterichtus australis <small>McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2005</small>
- Apterichtus caecus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (European finless eel)
- Apterichtus dunalailai <small>McCosker & Hibino, 2015</small>
- Apterichtus equatorialis <small>(G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941)</small> (Equatorial finless eel)
- Apterichtus flavicaudus <small>(Snyder, 1904)</small>
- Apterichtus gracilis <small>(Kaup, 1856)</small>
- Apterichtus hatookai <small>Hibino, Shibata & Kimura, 2014</small> (Orange-blotched finless eel)
- Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi <small>McCosker & Hibino, 2015</small>
- Apterichtus kendalli <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1891)</small> (Western Atlantic finless eel)
- Apterichtus klazingai <small>(M. C. W. Weber, 1913)</small> (Sharp-snout finless eel)
- Apterichtus malabar <small>McCosker & Hibino, 2015</small>
- Apterichtus monodi <small>(C. Roux, 1966)</small>
- Apterichtus moseri <small>(D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)</small>
- Apterichtus mysi <small>McCosker & Hibino, 2015</small>
- Apterichtus nanjilnaduensis
- Apterichtus nariculus <small>McCosker & Hibino, 2015</small>
- Apterichtus orientalis <small>Machida & Ohta, 1994</small>
- Apterichtus succinus <small>Hibino, McCosker & Kimura, 2016</small>
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