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: Echelus
Species (3): E. myrus – E. pachyrhynchus – E. polyspondylus – E. uropterus
Name
Echelus Rafinesque, 1810: 63
Gender: masculine
Type species: Echelus punctatus Rafinesque, 1810 [=Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Fixation: subsequent designation by Bleeker, 1864: 20
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
Bleeker, P. 1864-65: Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandais. Tome IV. Murènes, Synbranches, Leptocéphales; pp. 1-150, Pls. 145-193. Amsterdam. [Text published 1864-1865, plates published 1864-1865] [Information from Catalog of Fishes]
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Echelus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Echelus 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
Echelus pachyrhynchus
Echelus is a genus of eels in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted eel)
Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)
Echelus polyspondylus J. E. McCosker & H. C. Ho, 2015 (Many-vertebrae snake eel) [1]
Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Finned snake eel)
References
McCosker, J.E. & Ho, H.-C. (2015). "New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 71–85. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.11. PMID 26701593.
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