Taxonavigation: Congroidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: 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 monodi

Name

Apterichtus monodi (Roux, 1966)

  • Holotype: MNHN 1971-0032.
  • Paratypes: MNHN 1971-0033 (2).

Type locality: Off Cape Verde Islands, Senegal, depth 150 meters.

Etymology: in honor of French naturalist and explorer Théodore Monod (1902-2000), who provided type, (from The ETYFish Project).

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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. 
  • Roux, C., 1966: Une nouvelle espèce de poisson apode de la famille des Ophichthidae: Caecula (Sphagebranchus) monodi sp. nov. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (Série 2) 37 (4) (for 1965): 593-598.
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