Description

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Vertebrae: 150 - 157. This species is distinguished by the following characters: tail 1.8-2.0 in TL; head 14-16 in TL; body depth 59-100 in TL; preopercular pores 3; supratemporal canal with 3 pores; conical teeth, uniserial on jaws and vomer; vomerine teeth 2-4; coloration reddish or brownish, tip of jaws black, belly whitish; sometimes a large number of small darker patches on back and upper side; MVF 73-154, total vertebrae 150-157(n=8). (Ref. 101270).

Common Names

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Morer , Catalan , Spain

Zmija crnonoska , Croatian , Croatia

Hadař kapverdský , Czech , Czechia

Slender finless eel , English , UK

Sale sileangerjas , Estonian , Estonia

Sale teravsabaangerjas , Estonian , Estonia

Anguille-serpent à bouche noire , French , France

Flossenloser Schlangenaal , German , Germany

Anguilla sottile , Italian , Italy

鰻形無鰭鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

鳗形无鳍鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Apterichtus

Species: Apterichtus anguiformis (Peters, 1877)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean coast of Israel; from Utica Island, southern Tyrrhenian Sea;, from Madeira, the Canary and Cape Verde Islands; possibly from Angola.

Biology

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Burrows in sand or mud on the continental shelf (Ref. 4455).

Habitat

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demersal