Echelus
| Echelus | |
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| Echelus pachyrhynchus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Echelus punctatus Rafinesque, 1810[1]
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Echelus is a genus of eels in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
- Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted eel)
- Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)
- Echelus polyspondylus J. E. McCosker & H. C. Ho, 2015 (Many-vertebrae snake eel) [2]
- Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Finned snake eel)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ McCosker, J.E. & Ho, H.-C. (2015). "New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 71–85. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.11. PMID 26701593.