Cynoponticus

C. coniceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

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: Muraenesocidae
Genus: Cynoponticus

Species (3): C. coniceps – C. ferox – C. savanna

Name

• Cynoponticus Costa, 1845: 1
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Cynoponticus ferox Costa, 1846.
    • Fixation: type by subsequent monotypy.
• Etymology: Greek κυων kuōn, κυνος kunos "dog"; Latin Ponticus "of the Black Sea", from Pontus Euxinus "Pontic Sea" or "Black Sea".

Synonyms

• Brachyconger Bleeker, 1864: 116
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831.
    • Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
• Etymology: Greek βραχυς brakhus "short"; Latin conger "conger".

• Phyllogramma Pellegrin, 1934: 46
  • Gender: feminine.
  • Type species: Phyllogramma regani Pellegrin, 1934 (= Cynoponticus ferox Costa, 1846).
    • Fixation: type by monotypy.
• Etymology: Greek φυλλον phullon "leaf"; γραμμη grammē "line", frm γραφω graphō "to write".

• Cheiromuroenesox Fowler, 1944: 60, 187
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Muraenesox coniceps Jordan & Gilbert, 1882.
    • Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
• Etymology: Greek χειρ kheir, χειρος kheiros "hand"; genus Muraenesox McClelland, 1844.

References

Primary references

• Costa, O.G. 1829-53. Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, etc. Pesci. Fauna del regno di Napoli. Part 1: 511 pp. (variously paginated), 60 pls. BHL
• Bleeker, P. 1864. Systema Muraenorum revisum. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, 2: 113–122. BHL
• Pellegrin, J. 1934. Description d'un poisson nouveau de la cote occidentale d'Afrique de la famille des Muraenesocidés. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 59: 45–48.
• Fowler, H.W. 1944. Results of the fifth George Vanderbilt expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galápagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific islands). The Fishes. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 57–529, pls. 1–20.

Links

• Cynoponticus Costa, 1846 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Cynoponticus 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.
• Brachyconger species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.