Ophisternon
McClelland, 1844
Familie: Synbranchidae TypusartOphisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844 |
Arten
O. aenigmaticum Rosen & Greenwood, 1976
O. afrum (Boulenger, 1909)
O. bengalense McClelland, 1844
O. candidum (Mees, 1962)
O. gutturale (Richardson, 1845)
O. hepaticus McClelland, 1844
O. infernale (Hubbs, 1938)
Etymologie
Ophis (= Schlange); sternon (= Brust), d.h. "der Rumpf ist wie der einer Schlange geformt". (Übersetzt aus: The ETYFish Project)
Literatur
- McClelland, J. 1844. Apodal fishes of Bengal. Calcutta Journal of Natural History, 5 (18): 151-226, Pls. 5-14. Zitatseite [:175, 196, 220, !!]
- 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)Zitatseite [:342, Typus festgelegt]
- Rosen, D.E. & Greenwood, P.H. 1976. A fourth neotropical species of synbranchid eel and the phylogeny and systematics of synbranchiform fishes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 157 (art. 1): 1-69. (PDF) Zitatseite [:50]