Diaphenchelys
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Anguilloidei |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Muraenidae
Subfamilia: Muraeninae
Genus: Diaphenchelys
Species (1):
D. pelonates
Name
edit- 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
edit- 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.