Kertomichthys is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ophichthidae, the snake eels.[2] The only member of this genus is Kertomichthys blastorhinos,[3] a species known only from its holotype which was collected in the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of French Guiana.[1][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Kertomichthys McCosker & J. E. Böhlke, 1982 |
| Species: | K. blastorhinos
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| Binomial name | |
| Kertomichthys blastorhinos (Kanazawa, 1963)
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References
edit- ^ a b McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. & Smith, D.G. (2022). "Kertomichthys blastorhinos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199253A2575036. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199253A2575036.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kertomichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kertomichthys blastorhinos". FishBase. June 2024 version.
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