Saurenchelys
| Saurenchelys | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Saurenchelys W. K. H. Peters, 1864 |
| Species | |
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Saurenchelys is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Saurenchelys cancrivora W. K. H. Peters, 1864 (Slender sorcerer)
- Saurenchelys cognita D. G. Smith, 1989 (Longface eel)
- Saurenchelys fierasfer (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Blacktail buckbill eel, blacktail duckbill)
- Saurenchelys finitimus (Whitley, 1935) (Whitsunday wire eel)
- Saurenchelys lateromaculatus (D'Ancona, 1928)
- Saurenchelys meteori Klausewitz & Zajonz, 2000
- Saurenchelys stylura (E. H. M. Lea, 1913) (Pillar wire eel)
- Saurenchelys taiwanensis Karmovskaya, 2004
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Saurenchelys in FishBase. December 2012 version.