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: Anguilloidei
Familia: Heterenchelyidae
Genera: Panturichthys - Pythonichthys
Name
Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912
References
Regan, C. T.; 1912: The osteology and classification of the teleostean fishes of the Order Apodes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 8) 10: 377–387. BHL
Smith, D.G., Irmak, E. & Özen, Ö. 2012. A Redescription of the Eel Panturichthys fowleri (Anguilliformes: Heterenchelyidae), with a Synopsis of the Heterenchelyidae. Copeia 2012(3): 484–493. DOI: 10.1643/CI-11-174 Reference page.
Genera of Heterenchelyidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Links
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]
The Heterenchelyidae or mud eels are a small family of eels native to the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and eastern Pacific.
Heterenchelyids are bottom-dwelling fish adapted to burrowing into soft mud.[1] They have large mouths and no pectoral fins, and range from 32 to 149 cm (13 to 59 in) in length. Currently, eight species in two genera are recognized in this family.
The oldest known member of the family is Pythonichthys arkansasensis, known from fossilized otoliths from the Maastrichtian and Danian of the south-central United States.[2][3]
Genera
The Heterenchelyidae contains the following two genera:[4]
Panturichthys Pellegrin, 1913
Pythonichthys Poey, 1868
References
McClosker, John F. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
Schwarzhans, Werner; Stringer, Gary L. (2020-05-06). "Fish Otoliths from the Late Maastrichtian Kemp Clay (Texas, Usa) and the Early Danian Clayton Formation (Arkansas, Usa) and an Assessment of Extinction and Survival of Teleost Lineages Across the K-Pg Boundary Based on Otoliths". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 126 (2). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/13425. ISSN 2039-4942.
Schwarzhans, Werner W.; Jagt, John W. M. (2021-11-01). "Silicified otoliths from the Maastrichtian type area (Netherlands, Belgium) document early gadiform and perciform fishes during the Late Cretaceous, prior to the K/Pg boundary extinction event". Cretaceous Research. 127: 104921. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12704921S. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104921. ISSN 0195-6671.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Heterenchelyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
Pseudoscopelus is a genus of snaketooth fishes.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis A. E. Parr, 1933
Pseudoscopelus aphos Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2005
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2006
Pseudoscopelus australis Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2006
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos M. R. S. de Melo, H. J. Walker & Klepadlo, 2007
Pseudoscopelus cephalus Fowler, 1934
Pseudoscopelus cordilluminatus M. R. S. de Melo, 2010
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi M. R. S. de Melo, H. J. Walker & Klepadlo, 2007
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons (Fowler, 1934)
Pseudoscopelus odontoglossum M. R. S. de Melo, 2010
Pseudoscopelus parini Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2006
Pseudoscopelus paxtoni M. R. S. de Melo, 2010
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus Spitz, Quéro & Vayne, 2007
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus S. Tanaka (I), 1908
Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken, 1892
Pseudoscopelus scutatus G. Krefft, 1971
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudoscopelus". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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