Chlopsidae
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Kaupichthys nuchalis |
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| Rafinesque , 1810 |
The Chlopsidae ( Gr .: "Chloa", - "as" = green, "ops" = similar; Syn .: Xenocongridae) are a fish family from the order of the eel-like (Anguilliformes). The small, only eleven to 42 centimeters long animals live in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic , Pacific and Indian Oceans .
features
They have no scales, and the species of the genera Chlopsis and Robinsia also lack pectoral fins . The gill openings are reduced to small, round, lateral openings. The lateral line organ consists only of a few pores on the head. The rear nostrils are shifted downwards and lie in the lips (not in Kaupichthys nuchalis ). The fish have 100 to 150 vertebrae.
species
There are 25 species in eight genera:
- Genus Boehlkenchelys Tighe, 1992
- Boehlkenchelys longidentata Tighe, 1992
- Genus Catesbya Böhlke & Smith, 1968
- Catesbya pseudomuraena Böhlke & Smith, 1968
- Genus Chilorhinus Lütken, 1852
- Chilorhinus platyrhynchus (Norman, 1922)
- Chilorhinus suensonii Lütken, 1852
- Genus Chlopsis Rafinesque, 1810
- Chlopsis apterus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938)
- Chlopsis bicollaris Myers & Wade, 1941
- Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque, 1810
- Chlopsis bidentatus Tighe & McCosker, 2003
- Chlopsis dentatus (Seale, 1917)
- Chlopsis kazuko Lavenberg, 1988
- Chlopsis longidens (Garman, 1899)
- Chlopsis nanhaiensis Tighe, Ho, Pogonoski & Hibino, 2015
- Chlopsis olokun (Robins & Robins, 1966)
- Chlopsis orientalis Tighe, Ho, Pogonoski & Hibino, 2015
- Chlopsis sagmacollaris Tighe, Ho, Pogonoski & Hibino, 2015
- Chlopsis slusserorum Tighe & McCosker, 2003
- Genus Kaupichthys Schultz, 1943
- Kaupichthys atronasus Schultz, 1953
- Kaupichthys brachychirus Schultz, 1953
- Kaupichthys diodontus Schultz, 1943
- Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman, 1896)
- Kaupichthys japonicus Matsubara & Asano, 1960
- Kaupichthys nuchalis Böhlke, 1967
- Genus Powellichthys Smith, 1966
- Powellichthys ventriosus Smith, 1966
- Genus Robinsia Böhlke & Smith, 1967
- Robinsia catherinae Böhlke & Smith, 1967
- Genus Xenoconger Regan, 1912
- Xenoconger fryeri Regan, 1912
swell
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
Web links
- Chlopsidae on Fishbase.org (English)