Biology:Acanthonus

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Acanthonus, also known as deepsea cusk-eels, are a genus of deepwater ophidiiform fish. They are the only members of the family Acanthonidae. They were formerly placed within the subfamily Neobythiinae of the Ophidiidae.[1][2][3]

Species

There are three valid species:[4]

Synonyms

Acanthonus spinifer Garman, 1899 accepted as Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878

References

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  2. Wong, Man-Kwan; Chen, Wei-Jen (2024-10-01). "Exploring the phylogeny and depth evolution of cusk eels and their relatives (Ophidiiformes: Ophidioidei)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 199. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108164. ISSN 1055-7903. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790324001568. 
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION" (in en). California Academy of Sciences. https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification. 
  4. "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 March 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes1/. 

Girard, Matthew G.; Nonaka, Ai; Baldwin, Carole C.; Johnson, G. David (2024). "Discovery and description of elaborate larval cusk-eels and the relationships among Acanthonus, Tauredophidium, and Xyelacyba (Teleostei: Ophidiidae)" (in en). Early Life History and Biology of Marine Fishes: Research Inspired by the Work of H Geoffrey Moser: 20–42. doi:10.7755/pp.24.3. 

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