Apterichtus kendalli, the Western Atlantic finless eel or finless eel,Common names for Apterichtus kendalli at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Apterichtus kendalli at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891.Gilbert, C. H., 1891 [ref. 18113] Description of a new species of eel (Sphagebranchus kendalli). Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 9: 310. 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 , and forms burrows in sandy sediments on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Western Atlantic finless eel as Least Concern.
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