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: Anguilloidei
Familia: Heterenchelyidae
Genus: Panturichthys
Species: P. fowleri – P. isognathus – P. longus – P. mauritanicus
Name
Panturichthys Pellegrin, 1913
Type species: Panturichthys mauritanicus Pellegrin, 1913
Synonyms
Lophenchelys Ben-Tuvia, 1953
Ophisichthys Osório, 1917
References
Ben-Tuvia, A.; 1953: Mediterranean fishes of Israel. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Sea Fisheries Research Station Haifa, No. 8: 1–40.
Hureau, J.-C. & Monod, T. (eds.); 1973: Check-list of the Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. CLOFNAM. Unesco, Paris. 1: 1–683.
Osório, B.; 1917: Nota sôbre algumas espécies de peixes que vivem no Atlântico ocidental. Arquivo da Universidade de Lisboa, 4: 103–131, Pls. 29-36 [= Pls. 1-8].
Pellegrin, J.; 1913: Poisson des côtes de Mauritanie. Mission de M. Gruvel. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 38: 116–118. BHL
Smith, D.G., Irmak, E. & Özen, Ö. 2012. A Redescription of the Eel Panturichthys fowleri (Anguilliformes: Heterenchelyidae), with a Synopsis of the Heterenchelyidae. Copeia 2012(3): 484–493. DOI: 10.1643/CI-11-174 Reference page.
Panturichthys 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.
Panturichthys is a genus of eels of the family Heterenchelyidae that occur in tropical waters along the west coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to Morocco with one species known from the eastern Mediterranean near Israel. It contains the following described species:
Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
Panturichthys isognathus Poll, 1953
Panturichthys longus (Ehrenbaum, 1915)
Panturichthys mauritanicus Pellegrin, 1913 (Mauritanian shortface eel)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Heterenchelyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Panturichthys". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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