Pisodonophis

Pisodonophis cancrivorus

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: Ophichthinae
Genus: Pisodonophis
Species (9): P. boro – P. cancrivorus – P. copelandi – P. daspilotus – P. hijala – P. hoeveni – P. hypselopterus – P. sangjuensis – P. semicinctus

Name

• Pisodonophis Kaup, 1856: 47
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Ophisurus cancrivorus Richardson, 1848
    • Fixation: subsequent designation by Bleeker, 1864: 119

Synonyms

• Brachycheirophis Fowler, 1944: 190
• Pisoodonophis [misspelling]

References

Primary references

• Kaup, J.J. 1856: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77. BHL

Additional references

• Bleeker, P. 1864: Systema Muraenorum revisum. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, 2: 113–122. BHL
• Ji, H.-S.; Kim, J.-K. 2011: A new species of snake eel, Pisodonophis sangjuensis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Korea. Zootaxa, 2758: 57–68. Preview

Links

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