Aphyonus

Aphyonus is a genus of blind cusk eels from the family Aphyonidae. It contains four species. A sampling of specimens of Aphyonus showed that the type species of Aphyonus, A. gelatinosus, was not closely related to the other known species in the genus, and a new genus Paraphyonus was named for these, including two newly identified species. The result of this classification is that Aphyonus would be a monotypic genus.[1]

Aphyonus
Aphyonus gelatinosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Aphyonidae
Genus: Aphyonus
Günther, 1878
Type species
Aphyonus gelatinosus
Günther, 1878


Species

The four species of Aphyonus are:[2]

  • Aphyonus bolini Nielsen, 1974
  • Aphyonus brevidorsalis Nielsen, 1969
  • Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878
  • Aphyonus rassi Nielsen, 1975

References

  1. Nielsen, J.G. (2015). "Revision of the aphyonid genus Aphyonus (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) with a new genus and two new species". Zootaxa. 4039 (2): 323–344. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.7. PMID 26624482.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Aphyonus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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