Nemichthys scolopaceus

Nemichthys scolopaceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nemichthyoidei

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: Nemichthyoidei

Familia: Nemichthyidae
Genus: Nemichthys
Species: Nemichthys scolopaceus

Name

Nemichthys scolopaceus (Richardson, 1848)

• Type locality: South Atlantic off Brazil.
• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1871.7.16.1

Synonymy

• Leptorhynchus leuchtenbergi Lowe, 1852
  • Belonopsis leuchtenbergi (Lowe, 1852)
• Nemichthys avocetta Jordan & Gilbert, 1881
• Nemichthys acanthonotus Alcock, 1894
  • Investigator acanthonotus (Alcock, 1894)
• Nemichthys fronto Garman, 1899
• Nemichthys mediterraneus Ariola, 1904
• Nematoprora polygonifera Gilbert, 1905
• Leptocephalus andreae Schmidt, 1912
• Leptocephalus canaricus Lea, 1913
• Cercomitus flagellifer Weber, 1913
• Tilurella gaussiana Pappenheim, 1914
  • Nemichthys gaussiana (Pappenheim, 1914)
• Paravocettinops trilinearis Kanazawa & Maul, 1967

References

Primary references

• Richardson, J. 1848. Fishes. Pp. 1–28, Pls. 1–10. In: Adams, A. (ed.). The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1843–1846. Reeve & Benham, London. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 25, Pl. 10 (figs. 1-3).]

Vernacular names

English: Slender Snipe Eel