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]
| Aphyonus | |
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| Aphyonus gelatinosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Aphyonidae |
| Genus: | Aphyonus Günther, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878
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Species edit
The four species of Aphyonus are:[2]
- Aphyonus bolini Nielsen, 1974
- Aphyonus brevidorsalis Nielsen, 1969
- Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878
- Aphyonus rassi Nielsen, 1975
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Aphyonus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
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