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: Brachysomophis
Species (6): B. atlanticus – B. cirrocheilos – B. crocodilinus – B. henshawi – B. longipinnis – B. umbonis
Name
Brachysomophis Kaup, 1856: 45
Gender: masculine
Type species: Brachysomophis horridus Kaup, 1856
Fixation: monotypy
References
Primary references
Kaup, J.J. 1856: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77. BHL
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Brachysomophis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Brachysomophis 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
Brachysomophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
Brachysomophis atlanticus Blache & Saldanha, 1972
Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker, 1857) (Stargazer snake-eel)
Brachysomophis crocodilinus (E. T. Bennett, 1833) (Crocodile snake-eel)
Brachysomophis henshawi D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904 (Reptilian snake-eel)
Brachysomophis longipinnis J. E. McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2001 (Sharp-fanged snake eel) [1]
Brachysomophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Brachysomophis umbonis J. E. McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2001
References
McCosker, J.E & Ho, H.-C. (2014): Redescription of the Sharp-fanged snake eel Brachysomophis longipinnis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Platax, 11: 95-101.
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