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: Myrophinae
Genus: Schismorhynchus
Species (1): S. labialis
Name
Schismorhynchus McCosker, 1970: 509
Gender: masculine [given as neuter in original description, corrected to masculine by McCosker in 1977]
Type species: Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917
Typification: original designation [also monotypic]
References
Primary references
McCosker, J.E. 1970: A review of the eel genera Leptenchelys and Muraenichthys, with the descriptions of a new genus, Schismorhynchus, and a new species Muraenichthys chilensis. Pacific Science, 24 (4): 506–516. Handle
Additional references
Seale, A. 1917: New species of apodal fishes. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 61 (4): 79–94. BHL
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Schismorhynchus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Schismorhynchus 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
Vernacular names
English: Grooved-jaw worm eel
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