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Ophichthus

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Ophichthidae

Taxonomy
Ophichthus was named by Ahl (1789).

It was assigned to Ophichthinae by Steurbaut (1984); and to Ophichthidae by Lin et al. (2017).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Ophichthus Ahl
1984Ophichthus Steurbaut p. 40
2017Ophichthus Lin et al. p. 884

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
suborderCongroideiRegan 1909
familyOphichthidaeGünther 1870
genusOphichthusAhl 1789

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. †Ophichthus Ahl 1789
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Ophichthus mignolo Lin et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:49:55
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:49:55
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) O. sphaeroides (41992 41998)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France O. mignolo (188957 188958)