Apterichtus kendalli | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Apterichtus |
Species: | A. kendalli
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Binomial name | |
Apterichtus kendalli (
Gilbert, 1891)
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Apterichtus kendalli, the Western Atlantic finless eel or finless eel, [3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891. [5] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina, USA; the western Bahamas, Venezuela, and St. Helena Island. It dwells at a depth range of 3 to 400 metres (9.8 to 1,312.3 ft), and forms burrows in sandy sediments on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres (24 in). [4]
Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Western Atlantic finless eel as Least Concern. [2]
Apterichtus kendalli | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Apterichtus |
Species: | A. kendalli
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Binomial name | |
Apterichtus kendalli (
Gilbert, 1891)
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Apterichtus kendalli, the Western Atlantic finless eel or finless eel, [3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891. [5] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina, USA; the western Bahamas, Venezuela, and St. Helena Island. It dwells at a depth range of 3 to 400 metres (9.8 to 1,312.3 ft), and forms burrows in sandy sediments on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres (24 in). [4]
Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Western Atlantic finless eel as Least Concern. [2]