Gnathophis

Gnathophis mystax

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: Congridae
Subfamilia: Congrinae
Genus: Gnathophis

Species (27): G. andriashevi – G. asanoi – G. bathytopos – G. bracheatopos – G. capensis – G. castlei – G. cinctus – G. codoniphorus – G. ginanago – G. grahami – G. habenatus – G. heterognathos – G. heterolinea – G. leptosomatus – G. longicauda – G. macroporis – G. melanocoelus – G. microps – G. musteliceps – G. mystax – G. nasutus – G. neocaledoniensis – G. parini – G. smithi – G. tritos – G. umbrellabia – G. xenica

Name

Gnathophis Kaup, 1859: 7.

• Type species: Myrophis heterognathos Bleeker, 1858.
  • Fixation: type by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Euleptocephalus Strömman, 1896: 5.
  • Type species: Leptocephalus sicanus Facciolà, 1883 (= Muraena mystax F. Delaroche, 1809).
    • Fixation: type by subsequent designation.

• Rhynchocymba Jordan & Hubbs, 1925: 192, 195.
  • Type species: Leptocephalus nystromi Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (= Myrophis heterognathos Bleeker, 1858).
    • Fixation: type by original designation.

• Poutawa Griffin, 1936: 16.
  • Type species: Congrus habenatus Richardson, 1848.
    • Fixation: two included species, neither technically designated type, but clear from text that genus was intended for habenatus.

• Fimbriceps Whitley, 1946: 62.
  • Type species: Fimbriceps umbrellabia Whitley, 1946.
    • Fixation: type by monotypy.

• Lemkea Kotthaus, 1968: 33.
  • Type species: Lemkea heterolinea Kotthaus, 1968.
    • Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).

References

Primary references

• Ho, H-C., Smith, D.G. & Huang, J-F. 2018. Notes on two rare conger eel species (Anguilliformes: Congridae) found in Taiwanese waters. Pp 233–237 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4454(1): 233–237. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.19 PDF Reference page. 
• Kaup, J. J. 1859. Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschrieben und abgebildet. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg, 4(2): 1–29 + suppl. 1–4. BHL
• Strömman, P. H. 1896. Leptocephalids in the University Zoological Museum at Upsala. Almqvist & Wiksell, Upsala, pp. 1–53. BHL
• Jordan, D.S. & Hubbs, C.L. 1925. Record of fishes obtained by David Starr Jordan in Japan, 1922. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 10(2): 93–346. BHL
• Griffin, L.T. 1936. Revision of the eels of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 66(1): 12–26. Full text PDF
• Whitley, G.P. 1946. Australian marine eels. The Australian Museum Magazine, 9(2): 60–65. Full text PDF
• Kotthaus, A. 1968. Fische des Indischen Ozeans. A. Systematischer Teil. III. Ostariophysi und Apodes. Meteor-Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie, 3: 14–56.

Links

• Kaup, 1859 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Gnathophis 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.
• Gnathophis species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.