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: Herpetoichthys
Species (2): H. fossatus – H. regius
Name
Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856: 44
Gender: masculine
Type species: Herpetoichthys ornatissimus Kaup, 1856 [=Herpetoichthys regius Richardson, 1848]
Fixation: subsequent designation by Jordan & Evermann, 1896: 381
References
Primary references
Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896: The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 47: i-lx + 1-1240. BHL
Kaup, J.J. 1856: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77. BHL
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Herpetoichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024. [species list needs updating]
Herpetoichthys 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 [species list needs updating]
Herpetoichthys is a genus of eel in the family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are two valid species:[2]
Herpetoichthys fossatus (Myers & Wade, 1941) (Mustachioed snake-eel)
Herpetoichthys regius (Richardson, 1848) (Ornate snake eel)
Synonyms
Herpetoichthys calabaricus (Smith, 1865) accepted as Erpetoichthys calabaricus
Herpetoichthys callisoma Abbott, 1860 accepted as Ophichthus ophis
Herpetoichthys ornatissimus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Herpetoichthys regius
Herpetoichthys sulcatus Kaup, 1856 accepted as Ophichthus ophis
References
Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Herpetoichthys Kaup, 1856". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Herpetoichthys". FishBase. September 2024 version.
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