Pillaiabrachia

Taxonavigation: Synbranchiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Synbranchiformes

Familia: Chaudhuriidae
Genus: Pillaiabrachia

Species: P. siniae

Name

Pillaiabrachia Britz, 2016

• Type species: Pillaiabrachia siniae Britz, 2016

Etymology: Pillaiabrachia, is based on Pillaia, the name of another chaudhuriid genus, which it superfically resembles, the latin prefix ‘a’ for ‘without’ or ‘not’ and ‘brachium’ for ‘arm’, alluding to the complete lack of pectoral fins in this genus. Gender feminine.

References

• Britz, R. 2016. Pillaiabrachia siniae, a new species of earthworm eel from northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Chaudhuriidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 27(1): 41–47, 6 figs., 2 tabs. Abstract (PDF). Reference page.