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Heterenchelyidae

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae

Taxonomy
Heterenchelyidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Colocephali by Jordan (1963); to Muraenoidei by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Anguilliformes by Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Heterenchelyidae Jordan p. 633
2016Heterenchelyidae Nelson et al. p. 142
2019Heterenchelyidae Ebersole et al. p. 187

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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
familyHeterenchelyidae
familyHeterenchelyidae

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.

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G. Heterenchelys Regan 1912
G. Panturichthys Pellegrin 1913
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Panturichthys grenfelli Schwarzhans 2019
G. Pythonichthys Poey 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available