Acanthonus
Appearance
Acanthonus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Ophidiidae |
Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
Genus: | Acanthonus Günther, 1878 |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Acanthonus is a genus of deep water Cusk-eels.
Species
[edit]There are three valid species:[2]
- Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878
- Acanthonus hextii (Alcock, 1890)
- Acanthonus myersi (Cohen, 1961)
- Synonyms
Acanthonus spinifer Garman, 1899 accepted as Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acanthonus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
Girard, Matthew G.; Nonaka, Ai; Baldwin, Carole C.; Johnson, G. David (2024). "Discovery and description of elaborate larval cusk-eels and the relationships among Acanthonus, Tauredophidium, and Xyelacyba (Teleostei: Ophidiidae)". Early Life History and Biology of Marine Fishes: Research Inspired by the Work of H Geoffrey Moser: 20–42. doi:10.7755/pp.24.3.