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Rhechias

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Rhechias was named by Jordan (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 503]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Congrinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Congridae by Stringer (1998), Schwarzhans (2003).

Species
R. angulosus, R. armiger, R. tysanochila
Species lacking formal opinion data
R. bullisi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Rhechias Jordan p. 644
1984Rhechias Steurbaut p. 38
1998Rhechias Stringer p. 150
2002Rhechias Sepkoski
2003Rhechias Schwarzhans p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusRhechiasJordan 1922

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rhechias Jordan 1922
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†Rhechias angulosus Schwarzhans 2003
Rhechias armiger Jordan 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available