A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species Author Hibino, Yusuke text Zootaxa 2015 3941 1 49 78 journal article 36695 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.2 9a54c25b-e43f-4e60-881a-fd262e98310f 1175-5326 288211 ECDCBC06-96AC-4D91-9C24-7A0A30A3E375

TABLE 1. Characteristics of the species of Apterichtus. Abbreviations are: MVF = mean vertebral formula; POP = preopercular pore; STP = supratemporal pore. Preanal vertebral counts of A. gracilis and A. monodi are estimates based on preanal lateral-line pores. Sources are: 1, this study; 2,Blache & Bauchot 1972; 3, McCosker et al. 1989; 4, McCosker & Randall 2005; 5, Pereira & Aguiar 1979; 6, Hibino et al. 2014; 7, Machida & Ohta 1994.

	MVF	vertebrae	POP	STP	source
A. anguiformis	73–154	150–157	3	3	2
A. ansp	54–128	123–132	4	5	3
A. australis	82–164	162–167	3	3	4
A. caecus	52–134	132–139	4	5	1,2,5
A. dunalailai	70–160	160	3	5	1
A. equatorialis	59–138	132–146	3	3	1
A. flavicaudus	77–158	154–166	3	3	1,4
A. gracilis	~52–130	129–132	4	5	2
A. hatookai	54–139	137–141	4	7	1,6
A. jeffwilliamsi	58–140	138–142	4	5–9	1
A. kendalli	62–142	137–145	3	3	3
A. klazingai	58–138	131–145	3	5	1
A. malabar	78–158	155–162	3	5	1
A. monodi	~62–149	147–151	3	7	2
A. moseri	66–143	141–145	3	5–6	1,7
A. mysi	75–148	146–153	3	3	1
A. nariculus	60–137	137	3	5	1
A. orientalis	54–132	131–133	3	7	1,7