Cynoponticus

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C. coniceps

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Congroidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Muraenesocidae
Genus: Cynoponticus

Species (3): C. coniceps – C. ferox – C. savanna

Name

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  • Cynoponticus Costa, 1845: 1
    • Gender: masculine.
    • Type species: Cynoponticus ferox Costa, 1846.
      • Fixation: type by subsequent monotypy.
  • Etymology: Greek κυων kuōn, κυνος kunos "dog"; Latin Ponticus "of the Black Sea", from Pontus Euxinus "Pontic Sea" or "Black Sea".

Synonyms

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  • Brachyconger Bleeker, 1864: 116
    • Gender: masculine.
    • Type species: Conger savanna Bancroft, 1831.
      • Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
  • Etymology: Greek βραχυς brakhus "short"; Latin conger "conger".
  • Phyllogramma Pellegrin, 1934: 46
    • Gender: feminine.
    • Type species: Phyllogramma regani Pellegrin, 1934 (= Cynoponticus ferox Costa, 1846).
      • Fixation: type by monotypy.
  • Etymology: Greek φυλλον phullon "leaf"; γραμμη grammē "line", frm γραφω graphō "to write".
  • Cheiromuroenesox Fowler, 1944: 60, 187
    • Gender: masculine.
    • Type species: Muraenesox coniceps Jordan & Gilbert, 1882.
      • Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
  • Etymology: Greek χειρ kheir, χειρος kheiros "hand"; genus Muraenesox McClelland, 1844.

References

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Primary references

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  • Costa, O.G. 1829-53. Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, etc. Pesci. Fauna del regno di Napoli. Part 1: 511 pp. (variously paginated), 60 pls. BHL
  • Bleeker, P. 1864. Systema Muraenorum revisum. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, 2: 113–122. BHL
  • Pellegrin, J. 1934. Description d'un poisson nouveau de la cote occidentale d'Afrique de la famille des Muraenesocidés. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 59: 45–48.
  • Fowler, H.W. 1944. Results of the fifth George Vanderbilt expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Galápagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific islands). The Fishes. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 57–529, pls. 1–20.
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