Apterichtus caecus

Apterichtus caecus

Taxonavigation

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 caecus

Name

• Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Original combination: Muraena caeca
• No types known
• Neotype: MNHN-IC-0000-2125.
  • Neotype designation by McCosker & Hibino, 2015

Type locality: Mediterranean Sea.

Etymology: From caecus (= blind), referring to small eyes under skin, which Linnaeus thought were incapable of sight (“Oculos nullus video”), (from The ETYFish Project).

Synonyms

• Muraena caeca Linnaeus (ex Brander), 1758:245
• Caecula apterygia Vahl, 1794:156
• Caecilia branderiana Lacepède, 1800:134

Vernacular names

English: European Finless Eel

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 245. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Apterichtus caecus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Apterichtus caecus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Apterichtus caecus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Apterichtus caecus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).