Apterichtus moseri is a species of snake eel native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean where it is only known from Suruga Bay and the Kumano-nada Sea in Japan. It occurs at depths of from 111 to 114 metres (364 to 374 ft). This species has been recorded as reaching 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL for a female specimen.[2]
Apterichtus moseri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Apterichtus |
Species: | A. moseri
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Binomial name | |
Apterichtus moseri (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ Synonyms of Apterichtus moseri at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "moseri Apterichtus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.