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Apterichtus kendalli (Gilbert, 1891) 
AphiaID: 158598

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Ophichthinae (Subfamily) > Apterichtus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Apterichtus Duméril, 1806
Synonymised
taxa
  Sphagebranchus kendalli Gilbert, 1891
Verma kendalli (Gilbert, 1891)
Sources  basis of record: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System , available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/collections/collections-management [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English finless eel  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: 39.7333° to Venezuela [details]

Habitat: Found burrowing into sand on the continental slope; found to depths of 3 to 400 m.  [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158598
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-26 07:43:32Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Apterichtus kendalli (Gilbert, 1891). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158598 on 2013-05-24
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