Apterichtus moseri

Apterichtus moseri

Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Apterichtus
Species: Apterichtus moseri

Name

Apterichtus moseri (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

• Holotype (unique): USNM 49729 [not 49728] (poor condition, 3 pieces).

Type locality: Suruga Bay, off Namazu, Japan, Albatross station 3700, depth 63 [not 100] fathoms.

Etymology: in honor of Jefferson Franklin Moser (1848-1934), U.S. Navy, for his “valued services to ichthyology” as commander of the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, which collected type, (from The ETYFish Project).

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References

• Jordan, D.S. & Snyder, J.O. 1901. A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1239): 837–890. BHL Reference page. 
• McCosker, J.E. & Hibino, Y. 2015: A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3941(1): 49–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.2. Reference page.