Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei
Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Aplatophis
Species (2): A. chauliodus – A. zorro
Name
Aplatophis Böhlke, 1956: 1
Gender: masculine
Type species: Aplatophis chauliodus Böhlke, 1956
Fixation: original designation [also monotypic]
References
Primary references
Böhlke, J. 1956: A small collection of new eels from western Puerto Rico. Notulae naturae, No. 289: 1–13.
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Aplatophis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Aplatophis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Aplatophis is a genus of eels in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae with these species:
Aplatophis chauliodus J. E. Böhlke, 1956 (fangtooth snake-eel)
Aplatophis zorro McCosker & D. R. Robertson, 2001 (snaggle-toothed snake-eel)
References
Wikispecies has information related to Aplatophis.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aplatophis". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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