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Aphyonus

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Aphyonus
Aphyonus gelatinosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Aphyonidae
Genus: Aphyonus
Günther, 1878
Type species
Aphyonus gelatinosus
Günther, 1878

Aphyonus is a genus of blind cusk eels from the family Aphyonidae. It contains four species. A sampling of specimens of Aphyonus showed that the type species of Aphyonus, A. gelatinosus, was not closely related to the other known species in the genus, and a new genus Paraphyonus was named for these, including two newly identified species. The result of this classification is that Aphyonus would be a monotypic genus.[1]

Species

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The four species of Aphyonus are:[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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. PMID 26624482.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aphyonus". FishBase. February 2018 version.