Letharchus
Appearance
Letharchus | |
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Letharcus velifur (top) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
Genus: | Letharchus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882 |
Type species | |
Letharchus velifer Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882[1]
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Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Letharchus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Letharchus aliculatus McCosker, 1974
- Letharchus rosenblatti McCosker, 1974 (Sailfin snake-eel)
- Letharchus velifer Goode & T. H. Bean, 1882 (American sailfin eel)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Letharchus". FishBase. June 2011 version.