Schismorhynchus

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: Myrophinae
Genus: Schismorhynchus
Species (1): S. labialis

Name

• Schismorhynchus McCosker, 1970: 509
  • Gender: masculine [given as neuter in original description, corrected to masculine by McCosker in 1977]
  • Type species: Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917
    • Typification: original designation [also monotypic]

References

Primary references

• McCosker, J.E. 1970: A review of the eel genera Leptenchelys and Muraenichthys, with the descriptions of a new genus, Schismorhynchus, and a new species Muraenichthys chilensis. Pacific Science, 24 (4): 506–516. Handle

Additional references

• Seale, A. 1917: New species of apodal fishes. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 61 (4): 79–94. BHL

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Grooved-jaw worm eel