Leptenchelys

Taxonavigation

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: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Leptenchelys
Species (1): L. vermiformis

Name

• Leptenchelys Myers & Wade, 1941: 72
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Leptenchelys vermiformis Myers & Wade, 1941
    • Fixation: original designation [also monotypic]

References

Primary references

• Myers, G.S. & Wade, C.B. 1941: Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 9 (4): 65–111, Pls. 7-16. BHL

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Leptenchelys species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Leptenchelys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS