Aphyonus gelatinosus

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.[1] This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

Aphyonus gelatinosus
Scientific classification
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

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Aphyonus gelatinosus" in 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.


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