Description

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: tail 1.7, head 14, and body depth 67-100 in total length; preopercular pores 4 pores in supratemporal canal 5; teeth conical and uniserial on jaws and vomer (with 2-3 teeth); color of body in preservative, ochre and slightly darker dorsally; total vertebrae 129-132 (Ref. 101270).

Common Names

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Hadař jemný , Czech , Czechia

Aafrika sileangerjas , Estonian , Estonia

細無鰭鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

细无鳍鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Apterichtus

Species: Apterichtus gracilis (Kaup, 1856)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Central Atlantic: Guinea.

Biology

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

Habitat

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demersal