Paraphyonus rassi

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 rassi

Name

Paraphyonus rassi (Nielsen, 1975)

• Holotype: ZIN 41538.

Type locality: Caribbean Sea, 12°59'N, 62°59'W, depth 2610-2700 meters (but perhaps caught shallower in midwater).

Synonyms

• Aphyonus rassi Nielsen, 1975

References

• Nielsen, J. G., 1975: List of ophidioid fishes from the 14th cruise of the "Akademik Kurchatov" with a new species of Aphyonus. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova 100: 348–353. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Paraphyonus rassi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Paraphyonus rassi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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