Apterichtus flavicaudus

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 flavicaudus

Name

Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder, 1904))

• Holotype: USNM 50863.
• Paratype: CAS-SU 7509 (1).

Type locality: Auau Channel, between Mauai Island and Lanai Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3874, depth 21-28 fathoms.

Etymology: From flavus (= yellow), and caudus (= tail), referring to “lemon yellow” color on posterior half of body in living specimens, (from The ETYFish Project).

Synonyms

• Sphagebranchus flavicaudus Snyder, 1904:516

Misidenitifications

• Apterichtus flavicaudus (non Snyder 1904) -- McCosker & Stewart, 2006 is a synonym of: Apterichtus australis.

Vernacular names

English: Yellowtail Finless 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. 
• Snyder, J.O. 1904. A catalogue of the shore fishes collected by the steamer "Albatross" about the Hawaiian Islands in 1902. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission 22 [1902]: 513–538, Pls. 1–13. Reference page. 

Links

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