Diaphenchelys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anguilloidei

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: Anguilloidei

Familia: Muraenidae
Subfamilia: Muraeninae
Genus: Diaphenchelys
Species (1): D. pelonates

Name

• Diaphenchelys McCosker & Randall, 2007

Type species: Diaphenchelys pelonates McCosker & Randall, 2007

Etymology: From the Greek diaphoros (= different), and enchelys (= eel), (treated as fem. acc. to Op. 915 of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 1970). The generic name refers to the anatomical charcteristics and the unusual habitat preference of the type species.

References

• McCosker, J. E. & Randall, J. E.; 2007: A new genus and species of mud-dwelling moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Indonesia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 58 (22): 469–476. full pdf
• Smith, D.G. 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474: 1–64. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Diaphenchelys 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.