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Aphyonus gelatinosus

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Species of fish

Aphyonus gelatinosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Aphyonidae
Genus: Aphyonus
Species: A. gelatinosus
Binomial name
Aphyonus gelatinosus
Günther, 1878
Synonyms

Aphyonus mollis Goode & Bean, 1886

Aphyonus gelatinosus also known as the gelatinous blindfish is a species of blind cusk eel found in eastern Atlantic Ocean from Azores and Canary Islands; western Indian Ocean in Natal, South Africa and southwest Pacific Ocean known in Australia only from the type locality, off Cape York, Queensland. This species is the only known member of its genus.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aphyonus gelatinosus". FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. Nielsen, J.G. (2015): Revision of the aphyonid genus Aphyonus (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) with a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa, 4039 (2): 323–344.
Taxon identifiers
Aphyonus gelatinosus


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