Panturichthys
| Panturichthys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Heterenchelyidae |
| Genus: | Panturichthys Pellegrin, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Panturichthys mauritanicus Pellegrin, 1913[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Panturichthys is a genus of eels of the family Heterenchelyidae that occur in tropical waters along the west coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to Morocco with one species known from the eastern Mediterranean near Israel. It contains the following described species:
- Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
- Panturichthys isognathus Poll, 1953
- Panturichthys longus (Ehrenbaum, 1915)
- Panturichthys mauritanicus Pellegrin, 1913 (Mauritanian shortface eel)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Heterenchelyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Panturichthys". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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