Superregnum : Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Anguilloidei
Familia: Chlopsidae
Genus: Powellichthys
Species (1): P. ventriosus
Name
Powellichthys Smith, 1966: 298.
Gender: masculine.
Type species: Powellichthys ventriosus Smith, 1966.
Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
References
Primary references
Smith, J.L.B. 1966. An interesting new eel of the family Xenocongridae from Cook Island, Pacific. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Thirteen Series), 8(89): 297–301. DOI: 10.1080/00222936508651571
Links
Powellichthys Smith, 1966 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Powellichthys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2021. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Powellichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2021.
Powellichthys is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae. The sole species is Powellichthys ventriosus, which inhabits tropical reefs around the Cook Islands in the central western Pacific Ocean. It is a non-migratory species.[1]
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Powellichthys ventriosus" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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