Ophisternon

Ophisternon bengalense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synbranchiformes

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: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Synbranchiformes

Familia: Synbranchidae
Genus: Ophisternon
Species (6): O. aenigmaticum – O. afrum – O. bengalense – O. candidum – O. gutturale – O. infernale

Name

Ophisternon McClelland, 1844: 175, 196, 220

• Gender: neuter
• Type species: Ophisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844 (= Ophisternon bengalense)
  • Type by subsequent designation of Jordan & Evermann, 1896: 342

References

Primary references

• McClelland, J. 1844. Apodal fishes of Bengal. Calcutta Journal of Natural History 5 (18): 151–226, Pls. 5–14.
• Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896. The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 47(1): i–lx + 1–1240. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Ophisternon species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Ophisternon 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