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: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Nettastoma
Nettastoma melanurum
Nettastoma is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
Nettastoma falcinaris Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985
Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810 (Blackfin sorcerer)
Nettastoma parviceps Günther, 1877 (Duck-billed eel) (syn. N. denticulatus)
Nettastoma solitarium Castle & D. G. Smith, 1981 (Solitary duck-billed eel)
Nettastoma syntresis D. G. Smith & J. E. Böhlke, 1981
Formerly Included Species
Nettastoma elongatum Kotthaus, 1968 (slender sorcerer) - valid as Saurenchelys cancrivora
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Nettastoma in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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