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: Myrophinae
Genus: Mixomyrophis
Species (1): M. longidorsalis – M. pusillipinna
Name
Mixomyrophis McCosker, 1985: 10
Gender: masculine
Type species: Mixomyrophis pusillipinna McCosker, 1985
Typification: original designation [also monotypic]
References
Primary references
McCosker, J.E. 1985: Two new genera and two new species of deepwater western Atlantic worm eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4), 44 (2): 9–15.
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Mixomyrophis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Mixomyrophis 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
Mixomyrophis is a genus of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is known only from the Atlantic Ocean and Red Sea in the vicinity of Anguilla and Israel.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
Mixomyrophis longidorsalis Hibino, Kimura & Golani, 2014 (Red Sea worm eel) [2]
Mixomyrophis pusillipinna J. E. McCosker, 1985
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
Hibino, Y., Kimura, S. & Golani, D. (2014): A new ophichthid species from the Red Sea of the genus Mixomyrophis, formerly known as Atlantic genus. Ichthyological Research, 62 (2): 184-188.
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