The status of the ophichthid eel genera Caecula Vahl and Sphagebranchus Bloch, and the description of a new genus and species from fresh waters in Brazil
Böhlke, J.E.; McCosker, J.E. (1975). The status of the ophichthid eel genera Caecula Vahl and Sphagebranchus Bloch, and the description of a new genus and species from fresh waters in Brazil. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 127(1): 1-11
In: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Academy of Natural Sciences: Philadelphia,. ISSN 0097-3157; e-ISSN 1938-5293, more
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New genus
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Caecula Vahl, 1794 [WoRMS]; Sphagebranchus Bloch, 1795 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal; Fresh water |
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- Böhlke, J.E.
- McCosker, J.E.
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The type specimens of Caecula pterygera Vahl (1794) and Sphagebranchus rostratus Bloch (1795), the type species of each genus, are the same species; certain features of the morphology of S. rostratus, as given by Bloch, and the type locality, as corrected by Schneider (1801), are in error. The nomenclatural implications of this decison are discussed. Species recently referred to Sphagebranchus are allotted to other genera. Stictorhinus potamius, a related new genus and species, is described from fresh waters in Brazil. Aspects of its osteology are figured and discussed. |
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