Echelus

Echelus

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: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Echelus
Species (3): E. myrus – E. pachyrhynchus – E. polyspondylus – E. uropterus

Name

• Echelus Rafinesque, 1810: 63
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Echelus punctatus Rafinesque, 1810 [=Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
    • Fixation: subsequent designation by Bleeker, 1864: 20

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1810: Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20. [Information from Catalog of Fishes]

Additional references

• Bleeker, P. 1864-65: Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandais. Tome IV. Murènes, Synbranches, Leptocéphales; pp. 1-150, Pls. 145-193. Amsterdam. [Text published 1864-1865, plates published 1864-1865] [Information from Catalog of Fishes]

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Echelus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Echelus 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