Description

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Vertebrae: 147 - 151. This species is distinguished by the following characters: tail 1.6-1.7, head 16-20, and body depth 63-71 in total length; preopercular pores 3; pores in supratemporal canal 7; conical teeth, uniserial on jaws and vomer (0-2 vomerine teeth); body coloration in alcohol is pale ochre ventrally, slightly darker dorsally; total vertebrae 147-151 (mean 148.6) (n= 5) (Ref. 101270)..

Common Names

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Hadař monodův , Czech , Czechia

Monodi sileangerjas , Estonian , Estonia

莫氏无鳍鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

莫氏無鰭鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Apterichtus

Species: Apterichtus monodi (Roux, 1966)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands off Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Biafra.

Biology

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

Habitat

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demersal