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: Derichthyidae
Genus: Nessorhamphus
Species (2): N. danae – N. ingolfianus
Name
Nessorhamphus Schmidt, 1931: 372
Type species: Leptocephalus ingolfianus Schmidt, 1912, by monotypy
References
Schmidt, E.J. 1912. Contributions to the biology of some North Atlantic species of eels. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 64: 39–51, pl. 3.
Nessorhamphus is a genus of eels in the family Derichthyidae. It currently contains the following species:
Nessorhamphus danae E. J. Schmidt, 1931 (Dana duckbill eel)
Nessorhamphus ingolfianus (E. J. Schmidt, 1912) (Duckbill oceanic eel)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Nessorhamphus in FishBase. June 2011 version
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