Bathymyrinae Böhlke 1949
Creators
Description
Key to the genera of Bathymyrinae
1a. Opening of posterior nostril exposed in lateral view ....................................................................................................................... 2 1b. Opening of posterior nostril concealed in lateral view...................................................................................................................... 5
2a. Teeth in jaws in multiserial bands ............................................................................................................. Ariosoma Swainson 1838 2b. Teeth in jaws in one or two series .................................................................................................................................................... 3
3a. Upper edge of gill opening above top of pectoral-fin base, enclosing entire pectoral fin; outer row of maxillary teeth blade-like, close-set, forming a cutting edge .......................................................................................................... Paraconger Kanazawa 1961
3b. Upper edge of gill opening below top of pectoral-fin base, not enclosing entire pectoral fin; teeth variable ................................ 4
4a. Intermaxillary tooth patch curved upward at end of snout, fully exposed when mouth closed; maxillary teeth mainly uniserial, forming a cutting edge; IO3 and IO4 pores present .................................................................................. Bathymyrus Alcock 1889
4b. Intermaxillary tooth patch not curved upward at end of snout, not completely exposed when mouth closed; maxillary teeth triserial, not forming a cutting edge; IO3 and IO4 pores absent ......................................................... Chiloconger Myers & Wade 1941
5a. An acute bony projection at end of snout ...................................................................................................... Rostroconger gen. nov. 5b. End of snout rounded and fleshy, without a bony projection ........................................................................................................... 6
6a. Posterior nostril low on side of snout near lip, covered by a flap dorsally .................................. Parabathymyrus Kamohara, 1938
6b. Posterior nostril opening through a ventrally directed tube on edge of upper lip behind labial flange .............................................. ......................................................................................................................................... Kenyaconger Smith & Karmovskaya 2003
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Congridae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Böhlke
- Taxon rank
- subFamily
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bathymyrinae Böhlke, 1949 sec. Smith, 2018
References
- Swainson, W. (1838) On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Fol. 1. A. Spottiswoode, London, vi + 368 pp.
- Kanazawa, R. H. (1961) Paraconger, a new genus with three new species of eels (Family Congridae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 113 (3450), 1 - 14. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.113 - 3450.1
- Alcock, A. (1889) Natural history notes from H. M. ' s Indian marine survey steamer`Investigator, ' Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., D. S. O., commanding. No. 12. Descriptions of some new and rare species of fishes from the Bay of Bengal, obtained during the season of 1888 - 89. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 58 (Pt 2, No. 3), 296 - 305.
- Myers, G. S. & Wade, C. B. (1941) Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932 - 40, Los Angeles, 9 (4), 65 - 111
- Kamohara, T. (1938) On the offshore bottom-fishes of Prov. Tosa, Shikoku, Japan. Maruzen Kobushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, 86 pp.
- Smith, D. G. & Karmovskaya, E. S. (2003) A new genus and two new species of congrid eels (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a redescription and osteology of Chiloconger dentatus. Zootaxa, 343 (1), 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 343.1.1