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: Leiuranus
Species (2): L. semicinctus – L. versicolor
Name
Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853: 11, 24, 36
Gender: masculine
Type species: Leiuranus lacepedii Bleeker, 1853 [=Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839)]
Fixation: monotypy
References
Primary references
Bleeker, P. 1853: Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 25 (5): 1–62 + 63-76.
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Leiuranus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Leiuranus 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
Leiuranus semicinctus
Leiuranus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (Saddled snake-eel)
Leiuranus versicolor (J. Richardson, 1848) (Convict snake-eel)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Leiuranus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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