Aphyonidae

Aphyonidae
Gelatinous blindfish, Aphyonus gelatinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Aphyonidae
Genera
Aphyonus Barathronus Meteoria Nybelinella Parasciadonus Sciadonus See text for species.

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 bicolor

  • 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 parfaiti

  • 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.