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: Paraletharchus
Species (2): P. opercularis – P. pacificus
Name
Paraletharchus McCosker, 1974: 620
Type species: Letharchus pacificus Osburn & Nichols, 1916, fixed by original designation
References
Primary references=
McCosker, J.E. 1974: A revision of the ophichthid eel genus Letharchus. Copeia, 1974 (3): 619–629.
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Paraletharchus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Paraletharchus 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
Paraletharchus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
Paraletharchus opercularis (G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941) (Pouched snake-eel)
Paraletharchus pacificus (R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916) (Sailfin eel)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paraletharchus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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