Biology:Echelus
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Echelus is a genus of eels in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae. Fossils belonging to this genus date back to the Early Eocene.[1]
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
- Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted eel)
- Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)
- Echelus polyspondylus J. E. McCosker & H. C. Ho, 2015 (Many-vertebrae snake eel) [2]
- Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Finned snake eel)
The following fossil species are also known:[1]
- †Echelus arcuatus Radwanska, 1984 - Middle Miocene of Poland [otolith]
- †Echelus branchialis (Woodward, 1901) - Early Eocene of England
- †Echelus contractus Stinton, 1975 - Middle Eocene of England [otolith]
- †Echelus dolloi (Storms, 1896) - Middle Eocene of Belgium (=Eomyrus)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Young, Sally V. T.; Williams, R. J. (2008). "New information on the cranial anatomy of the eel genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810 (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from the Early Eocene" (in en). Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295 (1): 311–336. doi:10.1144/SP295.15. ISSN 0305-8719. https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1144/SP295.15.
- ↑ McCosker, J.E.; Ho, H.-C. (2015). "New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan". Zootaxa 4060 (1): 71–85. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.11. PMID 26701593. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt04060p085.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q595353 entry
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