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WoRMS taxon details

Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912

AphiaID

125429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125429)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Anguilliformes

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Genus Panturichthys Pellegrin, 1913
Genus Pythonichthys Poey, 1868
Genus Heterenchelys Regan, 1912 accepted as Pythonichthys Poey, 1868
Genus Lophenchelys Ben-Tuvia, 1953 accepted as Panturichthys Pellegrin, 1913
Genus Ophisichthys Osório, 1917 accepted as Panturichthys Pellegrin, 1913
Genus Pantaurichthys accepted as Panturichthys Pellegrin, 1913 (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Regan, C. T. (1912). Description of two new eels from West Africa, belonging to a new genus and family. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8). v. 10 (no. 57): 323-324. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125429 on 2024-11-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Regan, C. T. (1912). Description of two new eels from West Africa, belonging to a new genus and family. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8). v. 10 (no. 57): 323-324. [details]

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]