Saurenchelys
| Saurenchelys | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Saurenchelys W. K. H. Peters, 1864 |
Saurenchelys is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Saurenchelys cancrivora W. K. H. Peters, 1864 (Slender sorcerer)
- Saurenchelys cognita D. G. Smith, 1989 (Long-face wire eel)
- Saurenchelys elongata (Kotthaus, 1968) [1]
- Saurenchelys fierasfer (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Black-tail duckbill eel)
- Saurenchelys finitima (Whitley, 1935) (Whitsunday wire eel)
- Saurenchelys gigas J. Lin, D. G. Smith & K. T. Shao, 2015 (Giant duckbill eel) [1]
- Saurenchelys lateromaculata (D'Ancona, 1928)
- Saurenchelys meteori Klausewitz & Zajonz, 2000
- Saurenchelys petersi F. Day, 1878 [1]
- Saurenchelys stylura (E. H. M. Lea, 1913) (Pillar wire eel)
- Saurenchelys taiwanensis Karmovskaya, 2004
References
- 1 2 3 Lin, J., Smith, D.G., Shao, K.-T. & Chen, H.-M. (2015). "Saurenchelys gigas sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific" (PDF). Zootaxa, 4060 (1): 121–130.
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