Apterichtus anguiformis Slender Finless Eel

Apterichtus anguiformis is commonly referred to as Slender Finless Eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Apterichtus anguiformis,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

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AphiaID:: 126311

Scientific:: Apterichtus anguiformis
German:: Schlanker Flossenloser Schlangenaal
English:: Slender Finless Eel

Category:: Näsålar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Apterichtus (Genus) > anguiformis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Peters, ), 1877

Occurrence:: Angola, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea)
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 10 - 250 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds, Unconsolidated muddy grounds, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns
Size:: 49,3 cm
Temperature:: 16,1 °F - 21,0 °F (16,1°C - 21,0°C)
Food:: Carnivore
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Apterichtus anguiformis
Schlanker Flossenloser Schlangenaal
Apterichtus ansp
Apterichtus australis
Apterichtus caecus
Europäischer Flossenloser Schlangenaal
Apterichtus equatorialis
Equatorialer Schlangenaal
Apterichtus flavicaudus
Apterichtus gracilis
Apterichtus hatookai
Apterichtus kendalli
Apterichtus keramanus
Apterichtus klazingai
Schlangenaal
Apterichtus monodi
Apterichtus moseri
Apterichtus orientalis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-11-27 13:31:11
Last edit:: 2024-11-27 13:39:52

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Apterichtus anguiformis (Peters, 1877)

Apterichtus anguiformis, the slender finless eel,[2] is a species of snake eel (family Ophichthidae).

Synonymised names
Apterichthus anguiformis (Peters, 1877) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophichthys anguiformis Peters, 1877 · unaccepted
Verma anguiformis (Peters, 1877) · unaccepted

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fishbase (en). Abgerufen am 27.11.2024.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 27.11.2024.

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