Paraphyonus iselini

Taxonavigation: Ophidiiformes

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: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ophidiaria Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Aphyonidae
Genus: Paraphyonus
Species: Paraphyonus iselini

Name

Paraphyonus iselini Nielsen, 2015

• Holotype: ZMUC P77711.
• Paratypes: ZMUC P77710 (1); VIMS 06624 (1), 06622 (1), 06621 (1), 06623 (1).

Type locality: Sargasso Sea, 29°35.5’–35.1’N, 74°32.4’–35.2’W, R/V Columbus Iselin cr. CI-8007, st. C060, 45’ otter trawl, 4566–4606 m.

Etymology: named after the R/V Columbus Iselin from which a number of deep sea aphyonids have been caught.

References

• Nielsen, J.G., 2015: Revision of the aphyonid genus Aphyonus (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) with a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 4039(2): 323–344. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.