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View Mode View All Pictures Species Apterichtus equatorialis (Myers & Wade 1941)    Apterichtus equatorialis was originally described as Caecula equatorialis by Myers & Wade in 1941. It belongs to the family Ophichthidae and subfamily Ophichthinae. It is commonly known as Finless eel and is known in USA (contiguous states) as equatorial eel, in France as Serpenton sans nageoires, in Spain as Tieso sin aletas, in United Kingdom as Finless eel. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Eastern Pacific.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   equatorialis AuthorWI   Myers [G. S.] & Wade [C. B.] AuthorNI   Myers & Wade Qualification   --- Year   1941 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Anguilliformes Anguilliformes Family   Ophichthidae Subfamily   Ophichthinae Ophichthinae Genus   Apterichtus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Anguilliformes Family   Ophichthidae Subfamily   Ophichthinae Genus   Apterichtus Original Name   Caecula         Taxon Name   equatorialis Original Combination   Caecula equatorialis Original Genus   Caecula Original Genus Species   Caecula equatorialis OriginalSubGenus   Caecula Original Author   Myers & Wade Original AuthorWI   Myers [G. S.] & Wade [C. B.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1941 Original Family   Ophichthidae Original SubFamily   Ophichthinae Original Level   species Type Locality   North of Barrington Island, Galápagos Islands, 0°43'S, 90°01'W, depth 73 fathoms. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   LACM 21723 [ex AHF 12] Page   75 Illustrations   Pl. 11 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Apterichtus equatorialis Current Species   equatorialis Current Genus   Apterichtus Current AuthorWI   Myers [G. S.] & Wade [C. B.] Current AuthorNI   Myers & Wade Current Year   1941 Current Family   Ophichthidae Current Subfamily   Ophichthinae Ophichthinae Habitat   demersal         Water   Salt water Depth Range   From 0 to 125 meters.     Distribution   Eastern Pacific. Current Summary   Valid as Apterichtus equatorialis  (Myers & Wade 1941). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.   Name History   • Valid as Apterichtus equatorialis  (Myers & Wade 1941) -- (McCosker 1977:66 [ref. 6836], Machida & Ohta 1994:3 [ref. 21444], Allen & Robertson 1994:51 [ref. 22193], McCosker & Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995:1332 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:168 [ref. 24023], Nelson et al. 2004:62 [ref. 27807], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:62 [ref. 32708]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (25 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   anguiformis Apterichtus anguiformis (Peters [W. C. H.] 1877) Valid ansp Apterichtus ansp (Böhlke [J. E.] 1968) Valid apterygia Apterichtus apterygia (Vahl [M.] 1794) Synonym australis Apterichtus australis McCosker [J. E.] & Randall [J. E.] 2005 Valid branderiana Apterichtus branderiana (Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800) Synonym caecus Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus [C.] (ex Brander) 1758) Valid dunalailai Apterichtus dunalailai McCosker [J. E.] & Hibino [Y.] 2015 Valid epinephili Apterichtus epinephili (Blache [J.] & Bauchot [M.-L.] 1972) Synonym flavicaudus Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder [J. O.] 1904) Valid foresti Apterichtus foresti (Cadenat [J.] & Roux [C.] 1964) Synonym gracilis Apterichtus gracilis (Kaup [J. J.] 1856) Valid gymnocelus Apterichtus gymnocelus (Böhlke [J. E.] 1953) Synonym hatookai Apterichtus hatookai Hibino [Y.], Shibata [J.-Y.] & Kimura [S.] 2014 Valid jeffwilliamsi Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi McCosker [J. E.] & Hibino [Y.] 2015 Valid kendalli Apterichtus kendalli (Gilbert [C. H.] 1891) Valid keramanus Apterichtus keramanus Machida [Y.], Hashimoto [H.] & Yamakawa [T.] 1997 Synonym keramanus Ichthyapus keramanus (Machida [Y.], Hashimoto [H.] & Yamakawa [T.] 1997) Valid klazingai Apterichtus klazingai (Weber [M.] 1913) Valid malabar Apterichtus malabar McCosker [J. E.] & Hibino [Y.] 2015 Valid monodi Apterichtus monodi (Roux [C.] 1966) Valid moseri Apterichtus moseri (Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901) Valid mysi Apterichtus mysi McCosker [J. E.] & Hibino [Y.] 2015 Valid nariculus Apterichtus nariculus McCosker [J. E.] & Hibino [Y.] 2015 Valid orientalis Apterichtus orientalis Machida [Y.] & Ohta [S.] 1994 Valid succinus Apterichtus succinus Hibino [Y.], McCosker [J. E.] & Kimura [S.] 2016 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (25 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. 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