Aphyonus
Genus of fishes
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Aphyonus is a genus of blind cusk eels from the family Aphyonidae. It contains four species. A sampling of specimens of Aphyonus showed that the type species of Aphyonus, A. gelatinosus, was not closely related to the other known species in the genus, and a new genus Paraphyonus was named for these, including two newly identified species. The result of this classification is that Aphyonus would be a monotypic genus.[1]
| Aphyonus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Aphyonus gelatinosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Aphyonidae |
| Genus: | Aphyonus Günther, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878 | |
Species
The four species of Aphyonus are:[2]
- Aphyonus bolini Nielsen, 1974
- Aphyonus brevidorsalis Nielsen, 1969
- Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878
- Aphyonus rassi Nielsen, 1975
