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: Gavialiceps
Species (5): G. arabicus – G. bertelseni – G. javanicus – G. taeniola – G. taiwanensis
Name
Gavialiceps Alcock, 1889: 460
Gender: neuter.
Type species: Gavialiceps taeniola Alcock, 1889.
Fixation: type by subsequent designation.
Etymology: Hindi ghariyal "gharial"; Latin -ceps "-headed, -capped", from caput, capitis "head".
References
Primary references
Alcock, A.W. 1889. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., D. S. O., commanding.—No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885-1889. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series, 4(24): 450–461. BHL
Additional references
Lin, C-T. & Ho, H-C. 2018. Morphological and molecular identification of leptocephali of Taiwanese duckbill conger, Gavialiceps taiwanensis (Chen & Weng, 1967) (Family Congridae). Pp 215–227 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page. Zootaxa 4454(1): 215–227. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.17 Open access PDF Reference page.
Links
Gavialiceps Alcock, 1889 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Gavialiceps 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.
Gavialiceps species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Gavialiceps is a genus of eels in the pike conger family, Muraenesocidae.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
Gavialiceps arabicus (D'Ancona, 1928)
Gavialiceps bertelseni Karmovskaya, 1993
Gavialiceps javanicus Karmovskaya, 1993 (duckbill conger)
Gavialiceps taeniola Alcock, 1889
Gavialiceps taiwanensis (J. S. T. F. Chen & H. T. C. Weng, 1967)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gavialiceps". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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