Apterichtus klazingai

Taxonavigation: Congroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Apterichtus
Species: Apterichtus klazingai

Name

Apterichtus klazingai (Weber, 1913)

Syntypes: ZMA 104147-48 (1, 1).

Type locality: Banda [Indonesia, Banda Sea, western Pacific], Siboga station 240, depth 9-45 meters.

Etymology: in honor of M. D. Klazinga, the brave (“vaillaint”) chief mechanical officer of the Siboga, to whom the expedition, which collected type, owes much, (from The ETYFish Project).

Synonyms

Sphagebranchus klazingai Weber, 1913:47

Vernacular names

English: Sharpsnout Snake Eel

References

McCosker, J.E. & Hibino, Y. 2015: A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3941(1): 49–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.2. Reference page.
Weber, M. 1913. Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. E.J. Brill, Leiden i–xii + 1–710, pls. 1–12. Reference page.

Links

Apterichtus klazingai in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Apterichtus klazingai in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.