Tenuicephalus silus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophidiiformes

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: Ophidiaria Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Ophidiidae
Subfamilia: Neobythitinae
Genus: Tenuicephalus
Species: T. silus

Name

Tenuicephalus silus (Carter & Sulak, 1984)

Type locality: The Bahamas, 24°16'N, 76°16'W, 1962 m

Holotype: ♀USNM 238801

Synonymy

• Porogadus silus Carter & Sulak, 1984

References

Primary references

• Carter, H.J. & Sulak, K.J. 1984. A new species and a review of the deep-sea fish genus Porogadus (Ophidiidae) from the western North Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science 34(3): 358–379. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schwarzhans, W. & Møller, P.R. 2021. Revision of the ‘dragon-head’ cusk eels of the genus Porogadus (Teleostei: Ophidiidae), with description of eight new species and one new genus. Zootaxa 5029(1): 1–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5029.1.1 Reference page.