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Saccopharyngidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo Neerlandicae</i>, <b>6</b>: xxxiii

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Saccopharyngiformes
family
Saccopharyngidae

Name

Homonyms
Saccopharyngidae
Common names
swallower eels in English
swallowers in English
Gulper eels in English
swallowers in English

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. FishBase
  4. 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.
  5. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1603 Saccopharynx Mitchill, 1824 (Osteichthyes, Saccopharyngiformes): conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47, 164-165 (1990)
  6. Matsuura, Keiichi, 2014: Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review. Ichthyological Research, vol. 62, no. 1. 72-113.
  7. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Saccophryngidae: Swallower 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). 1694.
  12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. 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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