Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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: Xyrias
References
McCosker, J.E.; Chen, W.-l.; Chen, H.-m. 2009: Comments on the snake-eel genus Xyrias (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2289: 61–67. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Xyrias is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
Xyrias chioui McCosker, W. L. Chen & Hong Ming Chen, 2009
Xyrias guineensis (Blache, 1975)
Xyrias multiserialis (Norman, 1939) (Speckled snake-eel)
Xyrias revulsus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Strict snake-eel)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Xyrias in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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