Description

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Vertebrae: 137 - 145. This species is distinguished by the following characters: tail 1.8-1.9, head 14-19, and body depth 53-67 in total length; preopercular pores 3 and pores in supratemporal canal 3; conical teeth, uniserial on jaws and vomer; vomerine teeth 5-7; body coloration nearly uniform pale yellow to tan, fresh specimens have a fine sprinkling of melanophores which can take on a mottled or freckled appearance; two brown blotches behind the eye surround a pale patch about equal to eye; and MVF 62-142, total vertebrae 137-145 (n=14) (Ref. 101270).

Common Names

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Hadař kendallův , Czech , Czechia

Finless eel , English , St Helena

Finless eel , English , USA

Western Atlantic finless eel , English , UK

Kendalli sileangerjas , Estonian , Estonia

似蠕鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

似蠕鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

肯氏无鳍鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

肯氏無鰭鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Apterichtus

Species: Apterichtus kendalli (Gilbert, 1891)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and western Bahamas to Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: only one specimen from St. Helena Island (Ref. 4455).

Biology

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

Habitat

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demersal