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Pythonichthys

Description

Pythonichthys is a genus of eels of the family Heterenchelyidae that occur in tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean off of Panama and in the Atlantic Ocean near the Caribbean Sea and the west coast of Africa. It contains the following described species:


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythonichthys, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2404413https://www.gbif.org/species/2404413
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)246013https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=246013
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Heterenchelyidae : Pythonichthys
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Anguilliformes : Heterenchelyidae : Pythonichthys
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Elopocephalai
-Elopocephala
-Elopomorpha
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyHeterenchelyidae
genusPythonichthysPoey 1867-1868
Scientific NamePythonichthys Poey, 1867-1868
Name Published InPoey, F. 1867-1868. Monografia de las Morenas cubanas. Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba 2: 245-268.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pythonichthysgenusbelongs to Heterenchelyidaestated without evidenceStringer, 1998
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Anguilliformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Anguilliformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. Aguilera and D. de Aguilera. 2001. An exceptional coastal upwelling fish assemblage in the Caribbean Neogene. Journal of Paleontology 75(3):732-742
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythonichthys

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pythonichthys asodes
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pythonichthys macrurus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pythonichthys microphthalmus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pythonichthys sanguineus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Heterenchelys Regan, 1912GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Heterenchelyidae : Heterenchelys

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1868Pythonichthys Poey
1998Pythonichthys Stringer p. 150
2019Pythonichthys Ebersole et al. p. 187

References

Aguilera O., de Aguilera D. (2001) An exceptional coastal upwelling fish assemblage in the Caribbean Neogene, Journal of Paleontology 75 3, 732-742 doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0732:AECUFA>2.0.CO;2
Stringer G. L. (1998) Otolith-based fishes form the Bowden Shell Bed (Pliocene) of Jamaica: Systematics and Palaeoecology, Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35 1-4, 147-160
Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species
Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Repert. fis. Nat. Cuba, 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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