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Gelatinous blindfish, Aphyonus gelatinosus | |
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Aphyonidae is a family of eel-like fishes in the order Ophidiiformes. They are found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world. They are small deep-sea fishes, found down to 5,000 m.
Species
There are 22 species in six genera:
- Genus Aphyonus
- Aphyonus bolini Nielsen, 1974.
- Aphyonus brevidorsalis Nielsen, 1969.
- Gelatinous blindfish, Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878.
- Aphyonus rassi Nielsen, 1975.
- Genus Barathronus
- Barathronus affinis Brauer, 1906.
- Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean, 1886.
- Barathronus bruuni Nielsen, 1969.
- Barathronus diaphanus Brauer, 1906.
- Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976.
- Barathronus multidens Nielsen, 1984.
- Barathronus pacificus Nielsen & Eagle, 1974.
- Barathronus parfaiti (Vaillant, 1888).
- Barathronus unicolor Nielsen, 1984.
- Genus Meteoria
- Meteoria erythrops Nielsen, 1969.
- Genus Nybelinella
- Nybelinella brevidorsalis (Nielsen, 1969).
- Nybelinella erikssoni (Nybelin, 1957).
- Genus Parasciadonus
- Parasciadonus brevibrachium Nielsen, 1984.
- Parasciadonus pauciradiatus Nielsen, 1997.
- Genus Sciadonus
- Sciadonus cryptophthalmus (Zugmayer, 1911).
- Sciadonus galatheae (Nielsen, 1969).
- Sciadonus jonassoni (Nybelin, 1957).
- Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Aphyonidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.