Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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: Anguilloidei
Familia: Chlopsidae
Genus: Catesbya
Species (1): C. pseudomuraena
Name
Catesbya Böhlke & Smith, 1968: 35.
Gender: feminine.
Type species: Catesbya pseudomuraena Böhlke & Smith, 1968.
Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
References
Primary references
Böhlke, J.E. & Smith, D. G.. 1968. A new xenocongrid eel from the Bahamas, with notes on other species in the family. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 120: 25–43. JSTOR
Links
Catesbya Böhlke & Smith, 1968 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Catesbya and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2021. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Catesbya species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2021.
Catesbya is a genus of eel in the family Chlopsidae (false moray eels). It contains the single species Catesbya pseudomuraena, which inhabits tropical reefs around the Bahamas in the central western Atlantic Ocean.[1] It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 9 metres (0 to 30 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 13.9 centimetres (5.5 in).[1]
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Catesbya pseudomuraena" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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