Encheliophis

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: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Carapidae
Subfamilia: Carapinae
Genera: Encheliophis
Species: E. boraborensis – E. chardewalli – E. gracilis – E. homei – E. punctatus – E. sagamianus – E. vermicularis – E. vermiops
Name

Encheliophis Müller, 1842

Gender: masculine

Type species: Encheliophis vermicularis Müller, 1842 by monotypy.
Synonyms
References

Müller, J. 1842. Über die Schwimmblase der Fische, mit Bezug auf eínige neue Fishgattungen. Königlichen Akademie der Wisssenschaften zu Berlin 1842: 202–210.
Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle, and C. R. Robins. 1999. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearl-fishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125.
Encheliophis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Encheliophis is a genus of pearlfishes, with six currently recognized species:[1]

Encheliophis boraborensis (Kaup, 1856) (pinhead pearlfish)
Encheliophis chardewalli Parmentier, 2004
Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) (graceful pearlfish)
Encheliophis homei (J. Richardson, 1846) (silver pearlfish)
Encheliophis sagamianus (S. Tanaka (I), 1908)
Encheliophis vermicularis J. P. Müller, 1842 (worm pearlfish)
Encheliophis vermiops Markle & Olney, 1990 (pygmy pearlfish)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Encheliophis in FishBase. June 2012 version.

External links

Encheliophis on animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu