Family Heterenchelyidae - Mud eels
  Order
:
Heterenchelyidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 2 | Species : 8 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Atlantic (and Mediterranean) and eastern Pacific. Tropical. No pectoral fin. Large mouth. Scaleless. Gill openings low on body. Origin of dorsal fin over gill opening. Lateral line absent. Vertebrae 109-136 in Panturichthys and 141-227 in Pythonichthys. Suggested new common name for this family from Ref. 58418.
  Etymology
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Greek, heteros = other + Greek, enchelys, -yos = eel ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Elopocephalai | | Elopomorpha | | | | | | | | | | Anguilliformes | | | Heterenchelyidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Heterenchelyidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Pythonichthys asodes Rosenblatt & Rubinoff, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Pantaurichthys mauritanicus (Pellegrin, 1913)
synonymseniornew
Ophisichthys dubius Osório, 1917
synonymjuniororiginal
Taenioconger longissimus (non Günther, 1870)
misappliedmisappliednew
Panturichthys longus (Ehrenbaum, 1915)
acceptedseniornew
Heterenchelys longus Ehrenbaum, 1915
synonymseniororiginal
Heterenchelys macrurus (non Regan, 1912)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
acceptedseniornew
Lophenchelys fowleri Ben-Tuvia, 1953
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Panturichthys mauritanicus (non Pellegrin, 1913)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
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