Cynoponticus

Life-forms

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: Muraenesocidae
Genus: Cynoponticus

Species (3): C. coniceps – C. ferox – C. savanna
Name

Cynoponticus Costa, 1845: 1
Gender: masculine.
Type species: Cynoponticus ferox Costa, 1846.
Fixation: type by subsequent monotypy.
Etymology: Greek κυων kuōn, κυνος kunos "dog"; Latin Ponticus "of the Black Sea", from Pontus Euxinus "Pontic Sea" or "Black Sea".

Synonyms

Brachyconger Bleeker, 1864: 116
Gender: masculine.
Type species: Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831.
Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
Etymology: Greek βραχυς brakhus "short"; Latin conger "conger".

Phyllogramma Pellegrin, 1934: 46
Gender: feminine.
Type species: Phyllogramma regani Pellegrin, 1934 (= Cynoponticus ferox Costa, 1846).
Fixation: type by monotypy.
Etymology: Greek φυλλον phullon "leaf"; γραμμη grammē "line", frm γραφω graphō "to write".

Cheiromuroenesox Fowler, 1944: 60, 187
Gender: masculine.
Type species: Muraenesox coniceps Jordan & Gilbert, 1882.
Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
Etymology: Greek χειρ kheir, χειρος kheiros "hand"; genus Muraenesox McClelland, 1844.

References
Primary references

Costa, O.G. 1829-53. Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, etc. Pesci. Fauna del regno di Napoli. Part 1: 511 pp. (variously paginated), 60 pls. BHL
Bleeker, P. 1864. Systema Muraenorum revisum. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, 2: 113–122. BHL
Pellegrin, J. 1934. Description d'un poisson nouveau de la cote occidentale d'Afrique de la famille des Muraenesocidés. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 59: 45–48.
Fowler, H.W. 1944. Results of the fifth George Vanderbilt expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galápagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific islands). The Fishes. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 57–529, pls. 1–20.

Links

Cynoponticus Costa, 1846 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Cynoponticus 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.
Brachyconger species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Cynoponticus is a small genus of eels found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It is one of four genera in the family Muraenesocidae. It currently has three described species, which were formerly in the genus Muraenesox. Members are found in a wide distribution of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. They may be found in the west part of the Mediterranean Sea as well.[3][4] They do not typically guard their young.[5]
Species

Cynoponticus coniceps (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Red pike conger)
Cynoponticus ferox O. G. Costa, 1846 (Guinean pike conger)
Cynoponticus savanna (Bancroft, 1831) (Guayana pike conger)

References

ITIS.gov
EOL.org
Smith, D.G. (1995). Muraenesocidae. Morenocios. p. 1301-1302. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3
Fishbase.org

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Congridae. p. 156-167. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1 (Ref. 4453)