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: Myrophinae
Genus: Benthenchelys
Species (3): B. cartieri – B. indicus – B. pacificus
Name
Benthenchelys Fowler, 1934: 267
Gender: feminine
Type species: Benthenchelys cartieri Fowler, 1934
Typification: original designation [also monotypic]
References
Primary references
Fowler, H.W. 1934: Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 85 (1933): 233–367. Abstract & excerpt (JSTOR)
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Benthenchelys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Benthenchelys 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
Benthenchelys is a genus of deep sea eels in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae, with these species:
Benthenchelys cartieri Fowler, 1934
Benthenchelys indicus Castle, 1972
Benthenchelys pacificus Castle, 1972
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Benthenchelys". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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