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: Schultzidia
Species (2): S. johnstonensis – S. retropinnis
Name
Schultzidia Gosline, 1951: 309
Gender: feminine
Type species: Muraenichthys johnstonensis Schultz & Woods, 1949
Typification: original designation [also monotypic]
References
Primary references
Gosline, W.A. 1951: The osteology and classification of the ophichthid eels of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science, 5 (4): 298–320. Handle
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Schultzidia species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Schultzidia 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
Schultzidia is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz (1901-1986), one of the describers of the type species, Muraenichthys johnstonensis.[2] It currently contains the following species:[3]
Schultzidia johnstonensis (L. P. Schultz & Woods, 1949) (Johnston snake-eel)
Schultzidia retropinnis (Fowler, 1934) (fringe-lipped worm-eel)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (20 September 2020). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Schultzidia". FishBase. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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