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: Lamnostoma
Species (5): L. kampeni – L. mindora – L. orientalis – L. polyophthalma – L. taiwanense – L. taylori
Name
Lamnostoma Kaup, 1856: 49
Gender: neuter
Type species: Lamnostoma pictum Kaup, 1856
Fixation: monotypy
References
Primary references
Kaup, J.J. 1856: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77. BHL
Additional references
Chiu, Y-C., Shao, K-T., Huang, S-P. & Chen, H-M. 2018. The freshwater snake eel genus Lamnostoma (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species. Pp 18–32 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): 18–32. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.4 Open access PDF Reference page.
Links
Lamnostoma species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Lamnostoma 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.
Lamnostoma kampeni
Lamnostoma orientalis
Lamnostoma is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
Lamnostoma kampeni (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) (Freshwater snake-eel)
Lamnostoma mindora (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908)
Lamnostoma orientalis (McClelland, 1844) (Oriental worm-eel)
Lamnostoma polyophthalma (Bleeker, 1853) (Ocellated sand-eel)
Lamnostoma taylori (Herre, 1923)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lamnostoma". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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