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: Dalophis
Species (5): D. boulengeri – D. cephalopeltis – D. imberbis – D. multidentatus – D. obtusirostris
Name
Dalophis Rafinesque, 1810: 68
Gender: masculine
Type species: Dalophis serpa Rafinesque, 1810 (= D. imberbis fide FishBase) [type species seems uncertain, see CoF entry on genus]
Fixation: subsequent designation [uncertain by whom, see CoF entry]
References
Primary references
Rafinesque, C.S. 1810: Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20. [Information from Catalog of Fishes]
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Dalophis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Dalophis 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
Dalophis cephalopeltis
Dalophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
Dalophis boulengeri (Blache, Cadenat & Stauch, 1970)
Dalophis cephalopeltis (Bleeker, 1863)
Dalophis imberbis (Delaroche, 1809) (Armless snake-eel)
Dalophis multidentatus Blache & Bauchot, 1972
Dalophis obtusirostris Blache & Bauchot, 1972
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dalophis". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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