Apterichtus flavicaudus

Apterichtus flavicaudus, variously known as the Orange snake eel, the Sharpnose sand eel or the Sharpnose snake eel, is a species of snake eel native to the Indian Ocean from the Seychelles to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. It can be found at depths of from 7 to 293 metres (23 to 961 ft) being particularly common in shallow coastal waters with sandy substrates in near vicinity to reefs. This species can reach a length of 80 centimetres (31 in) TL.[1]

Apterichtus flavicaudus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Ophichthidae
Genus:
Apterichtus
Species:
A. flavicaudus
Binomial name
Apterichtus flavicaudus
(Snyder, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Sphagebranchus flavicaudus Snyder, 1904
  • Apterichtus flavicauda (Snyder, 1904)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Apterichtus flavicaudus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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