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Saurenchelys Peters, 1864

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1864). Über einige neue Säugethiere ... Amphibien ... und Fische . <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1864: 381-399.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Nettastomatidae
genus
Saurenchelys

Name

Synonyms
Dietrichthys Whitley, 1935
Homonyms
Saurenchelys Peters, 1864
Common names
イトアナゴ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed., 1989: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1. xvii + 1-656.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  6. FishBase
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  8. MonatsBer. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1864
  9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  10. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  12. Peters, W. (C. H.). (1864). Über einige neue Säugethiere ... Amphibien ... und Fische . <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1864: 381-399.
  13. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  14. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  15. Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Nettastomatidae: Duckbill eels. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1688-1690.
  16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  17. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  18. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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