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: Ichthyapus
Species (7): I. acuticeps – I. acutirostris – I. insularis – I. ophioneus – I. platyrhynchus – I. selachops – I. vulturis
[source: Catolog of Fishes, 7 June 2012 version]
Name
Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, 1810: 219
Gender: masculine
Type species: Ichthyapus acutirostris Brisout de Barneville, 1847
Fixation: monotypy
References
Primary references
Brisout de Barneville, C.N.F. 1847: Note sur un nouveau genre d'Anguilliformes. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne, 1847: 219–220. BHL
Additional references
Links
ION [species list needs correction & updating]
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Ichthyapus 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 correction & updating]
Ichthyapus 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 correction & updating]
Ichthyapus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
Ichthyapus acuticeps Barnard, 1923 (Sharpnose sand eel)
Ichthyapus insularis J. E. McCosker, 2004
Ichthyapus keramanus Machida, Hasimoto & Yamakawa, 1997 [1]
Ichthyapus ophioneus Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1900 (Surf eel)
Ichthyapus platyrhynchus Gosline, 1951
Ichthyapus selachops D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Smiling snake eel)
Ichthyapus vulturis M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 (Vulture sand eel)
References
McCosker, J.E. & Hibino, Y. (2015): A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa, 3941 (1): 49-78.
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