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
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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.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: Scolecenchelys
Species: S. acutirostris – S. aoki – S. australis – S. borealis – S. brevicaudata – S. breviceps – S. castlei – S. chilensis – S. cookei – S. fuscapenis – S. fuscogularis – S. godeffroyi – S. gymnota – S. hattae – S. iredalei – S. laticaudata – S. macroptera – S. nicholsae – S. profundorum – S. puhioilo – S. robusta – S. vermiformis – S. xorae
Name
Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897: 246
Gender: feminine
Type species: Muraenichthys australis Macleay, 1881
Typification: original designation [also monotypic]
Synonyms
Aotea Phillipps, 1926
Myropterura Ogilby, 1897
References
Primary references
Ogilby, J.D. 1897. Some new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(2): 245–251. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Castle, P. H. J. & McCosker, J. E., 1999: A new genus and two new species of Myrophine worm-eels, with comments on Muraenichthys and Scolecenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 51 (2-3): 113–122.
Hibino, Y. & Kimura, S. 2015. Revision of the Scolecenchelys gymnota species group with descriptions of two new species (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae). Ichthyological Research 63(1) [2016]: 1–22. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0485-4Reference page.
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.
Phillipps, W. J., 1926: New or rare fishes of New Zealand. Transactions New Zealand Institute, 56: 529–537.
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Scolecenchelys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Scolecenchelys 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
Scolecenchelys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
Scolecenchelys acutirostris (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) (Sharp-nose worm eel)
Scolecenchelys aoki (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Misaki worm eel)
Scolecenchelys australis (W. J. Macleay, 1881) (Short-fin worm eel)
Scolecenchelys brevicaudata Hibino & Kimura, 2015 (Short-tail worm eel) [2]
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) (Short-headed worm eel)
Scolecenchelys castlei J. E. McCosker, 2006 (Deep-water bigeyed worm eel)
Scolecenchelys chilensis (J. E. McCosker, 1970) (Chilean worm eel)
Scolecenchelys cookei (Fowler, 1928)
Scolecenchelys fuscapenis J. E. McCosker, S. Ide & Endo, 2012 (Black-tailed worm eel) [3]
Scolecenchelys fuscogularis Hibino, Y. Kai & Kimura, 2013 (Dark-throat worm eel) [4]
Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909) (Godeffroy worm eel)
Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857) (Slender worm eel)
Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley, 1927) (Coral worm eel) [2]
Scolecenchelys laticaudata (J. D. Ogilby, 1897) (Red-fin worm eel)
Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857) (Narrow worm eel)
Scolecenchelys nicholsae (Waite, 1904) (Nichols' worm eel)
Scolecenchelys profundorum (J. E. McCosker & Parin, 1995) (Deep-water worm eel)
Scolecenchelys puhioilo (J. E. McCosker, 1979)
Scolecenchelys robusta Hibino & Kimura, 2015 (Robust worm eel) [2]
Scolecenchelys vermiformis (W. K. H. Peters, 1866)
Scolecenchelys xorae (J. L. B. Smith, 1958) (Orange-head 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 11 November 2024.
Hibino, Y. & Kimura, S. (2015): Revision of the Scolecenchelys gymnota species group with descriptions of two new species (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae). Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 1-22.
McCosker, J.E., Ide, S. & Endo, H. (2012): Three new species of ophichthid eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 1-16.
Hibino, Y., Kai, Y. & Kimura, S. (2013): Scolecenchelys fuscogularis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae), a new worm eel from Japan. Ichthyological Research, 60 (1): 43-47.
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