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Apterichtus kendalli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Apterichtus
Species:	A. kendalli
Binomial name
Apterichtus kendalli (Gilbert, 1891)
Synonyms
Caecula kendalli Gilbert, 1891 Sphagebranchus kendalli C. H. Gilbert, 1891 Verma kendalli (C. H. Gilbert, 1891)

Apterichtus kendalli, the Western Atlantic finless eel or finless eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina, USA; the western Bahamas, Venezuela, and St. Helena Island. It dwells at a depth range of 3 to 400 metres (9.8 to 1,312.3 ft), and forms burrows in sandy sediments on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres (24 in).

Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Western Atlantic finless eel as Least Concern.

References

1. Synonyms of Apterichtus kendalli at www.fishbase.org.
2. ^ Apterichtus kendalli at the IUCN redlist.
3. Common names for Apterichtus kendalli at www.fishbase.org.
4. ^ Apterichtus kendalli at www.fishbase.org.
5. Gilbert, C. H., 1891 Description of a new species of eel (Sphagebranchus kendalli). Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 9: 310.

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