Paraphyonus

Life-forms

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: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Aphyonidae
Genus: Paraphyonus

Species: P. bolini – P. brevidorsalis – P. iselini – P. merretti – P. rassi – P. solomonensis
Name

Paraphyonus Nielsen, 2015

Type species: Paraphyonus iselini Nielsen, 2015

Etymology: From para- (= near), referring to resemblance to and/or affinity with Aphyonus. Paraphyonus is most similar to Aphyonus.
References

Nielsen, J.G., 2015: Revision of the aphyonid genus Aphyonus (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) with a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 4039(2): 323–344. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Paraphyonus is a genus of blind cusk eels found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. This genus was created for species formerly classified under Aphyonus when sampling of specimens showed that the type species of Aphyonus, A. gelatinosus, was not closely related to the other known species in the genus, including the newly identified species P. iselini and P. merretti. This work also brought Barathronus solomonensis into the new genus. The result of this classification is that Aphyonus would be a monotypic genus.[1]
Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

Paraphyonus bolini (J. G. Nielsen, 1974) [1]
Paraphyonus brevidorsalis (J. G. Nielsen, 1969) [1]
Paraphyonus iselini J. G. Nielsen, 2015 [1]* Paraphyonus merretti J. G. Nielsen, 2015 [1]
Paraphyonus rassi (J. G. Nielsen, 1975) [1]
Paraphyonus solomonensis (J. G. Nielsen & Møller, 2008) [1]

References

Nielsen, J.G. (2015). "Revision of the aphyonid genus Aphyonus (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) with a new genus and two new species". Zootaxa. 4039 (2): 323–344.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paraphyonus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2018.