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Aphyonus
Sign in to saveAphyonus is a genus of blind cusk eels from the family Aphyonidae. It contains four species. A sampling of specimens of Aphyonus showed that the type species of Aphyonus, A. gelatinosus, was not closely related to the other known species in the genus, and a new genus Paraphyonus was named for these, including two newly identified species. The result of this classification is that Aphyonus would be a monotypic genus.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOphidiiformes
- FamilyAphyonidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Aphyonidae
- Collections
- MNHN, QM
- Recorded in
- Salomon(I.), Australia
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- Aphyonidae
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- Aphyonus gelatinosus1.jpg
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Aphyonus is a genus of blind cusk eels from the family Aphyonidae. It contains four species. A sampling of specimens of Aphyonus showed that the type species of Aphyonus, A. gelatinosus, was not closely related to the other known species in the genus, and a new genus Paraphyonus was named for these, including two newly identified species. The result of this classification is that Aphyonus would be a monotypic genus.
==Species== The four species of Aphyonus are: Aphyonus bolini Nielsen, 1974 Aphyonus brevidorsalis Nielsen, 1969 Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878 Aphyonus rassi Nielsen, 1975
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