Description

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Common Names

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Hadař žlutoocasý , Czech , Czechia

Orange snake eel , English , Indonesia

Sharpnose sand eel , English , Australia

Sharpnose snake eel , English , Australia

Kollakas sileangerjas , Estonian , Estonia

黃尾無鰭鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黄尾无鳍鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Apterichtus

Species: Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder, 1904)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii, Midway, possibly Australia (including Lord Howe I.) and the Seychelles.

Biology

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Thrives in shallow coastal clean sand habitats near reefs (Ref. 48635).

Habitat

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demersal