Saurenchelys

Genus of fishes

Saurenchelys
Saurenchelys petersi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Saurenchelys
W. K. H. Peters, 1864

Saurenchelys is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

  • Saurenchelys cancrivora W. K. H. Peters, 1864 (slender sorcerer)
  • Saurenchelys cognita D. G. Smith, 1989 (long-face wire eel)
  • Saurenchelys elongata (Kotthaus, 1968)[1]
  • Saurenchelys fierasfer (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (black-tail duckbill eel)
  • Saurenchelys finitima (Whitley, 1935) (Whitsunday wire eel)
  • Saurenchelys gigas J. Lin, D. G. Smith & K. T. Shao, 2015 (giant duckbill eel) [1]
  • Saurenchelys lateromaculata (D'Ancona, 1928)
  • Saurenchelys meteori Klausewitz & Zajonz, 2000
  • Saurenchelys petersi F. Day, 1878[1]
  • Saurenchelys stylura (E. H. M. Lea, 1913) (pillar wire eel)
  • Saurenchelys taiwanensis Karmovskaya, 2004

References

  1. ^ a b c Lin, J.; Smith, D.G.; Shao, K.-T.; Chen, H.-M. (2015). "Saurenchelys gigas sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 121–130. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.14. PMID 26701596.
Taxon identifiers
Saurenchelys


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