Kertomichthys

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]

Kertomichthys
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Ophichthinae
Genus:	Kertomichthys McCosker & J. E. Böhlke, 1982
Species:	K. blastorhinos
Binomial name
Kertomichthys blastorhinos (Kanazawa, 1963)
Synonyms
Mystriophis blastorhinos Kanazawa, 1963