Xyrias

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Xyrias
Species: X. anjaalai –

Name

• Xyrias Jordan & Snyder, 1901

References

• Jordan, D.S. & Snyder, J.O. 1901. A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1239): 837–890. BHL Reference page. 
• Augustina, T., Sreeram, M.P., Sukumaran, S., Jose, A. & Sreekumar, K.M. 2020. A new deep-water species of snake eel, Xyrias anjaalai sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4822(4): 577–587. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.4.7 Reference page. 
• McCosker, J.E.; Chen, W.-l.; Chen, H.-m. 2009: Comments on the snake-eel genus Xyrias (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2289: 61–67. Abstract & excerpt PDF