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Catalog of Fishes

Genera that contain: Apterichtus [ 6 ] records

Apterichtus Duméril [A. M. C.] 1805:112, 331 [Zoologie analytique; ref. 1151] Masc. Caecilia branderiana Lacepède 1800 (= Muraena caeca Linnaeus 1758). Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Caecilia Lacepède 1800, preoccupied. As Aptérichthe Duméril on p. 112, but latinized on p. 331. Spelled Apterichtes and Apterichthys by authors. •Valid as Apterichtus Duméril 1805 -- (Blache et al. 1973:248 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:65 [ref. 6836], Bauchot in Whitehead et al. 1986:578 [ref. 13676], McCosker & Castle 1986:177 [ref. 5690], McCosker et al. 1989:317 [ref. 13288], McCosker & Randall 1993:190 [ref. 20826], Machida & Ohta 1994:1 [ref. 21444], Smith & McCosker 1999:1665 [ref. 24715], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993], McCosker et al. 2006:266 [ref. 29006], Fricke et al. 2009:18 [ref. 30213], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:18 [ref. 36649] as Apterichthus, Hibino et al. 2014:[1] [ref. 33212], McCosker & Hibino 2015:50 [ref. 33725], McCosker & Stewart 2015:251 [ref. 34235], Hibino et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34475], Hibino 2018:219 [ref. 36341], Brown et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Apterichtus Duméril 1805. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Branderius Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:93 [Analyse de la nature; ref. 3584] Masc. Caecilia branderiana Lacepède 1800 (= Muraena caeca Linnaeus 1758). Type by being a replacement name. As "Branderius R. [Rafinesque] Cecilia Lac. [Lacepède]." Available replacement for Caecilia Lacepède 1800 (preoccupied by Caecilia Linnaeus 1758 in Amphibia); earlier replaced by Typhlotes Fischer von Waldheim 1813. •Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805 -- (Blache et al. 1973:248 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:65 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:318 [ref. 13288], McCosker & Hibino 2015:50 [ref. 33725]). Current status: Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Caecilia Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:134 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Fem. Caecilia branderiana Lacepède 1800 (= Muraena caeca Linnaeus 1758). Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Caecilia Linnaeus 1758 in Amphibia; replaced by Typhlotes Fischer von Waldheim 1813 and by Branderius Rafinesque 1815. •Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805 -- (Blache et al. 1973:248 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:65 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:317 [ref. 13288], McCosker et al. 2006:266 [ref. 29006], McCosker & Hibino 2015:50 [ref. 33725]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Ophisurapus Kaup [J. J.] 1856:52 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Masc. Ophisurapus gracilis Kaup 1856. Type by monotypy. Also in Kaup 1857:29 [ref. 2573] as Ophisuraphis and as name only in Kaup in Duméril 1856:199 [ref. 1154]. •Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805 -- (Blache et al. 1973:248 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:65 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:318 [ref. 13288], McCosker & Hibino 2015:50 [ref. 33725]). Current status: Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Typhlotes Fischer [G.] 1813:75 [Zoognosia, tabulis synopticus illustrata v. 1; ref. 1331] Fem. Caecilia branderiana Lacepède 1800 (= Muraena coeca Linnaeus 1758). Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Caecilia Lacepède 1800, preoccupied by Caecilia Linnaeus 1758 in Amphibia. •Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805 -- (Blache et al. 1973:248 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:65 [ref. 6836], McCosker et al. 1989:318 [ref. 13288], McCosker & Hibino 2015:50 [ref. 33725]). Current status: Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Verma Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:372, 374 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2443] Fem. Sphagebranchus kendalli Gilbert 1891. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Verma Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (Blache et al. 1973:250 [ref. 7185], McCosker 1977:65 [ref. 6836]). •Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805 -- (McCosker et al. 1989:318 [ref. 13288], McCosker & Hibino 2015:50 [ref. 33725]). Current status: Synonym of Apterichtus Duméril 1805. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.


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