Paraletharchus

Genus of fishes

Paraletharchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Subfamily: Ophichthinae
Genus: Paraletharchus
McCosker, 1974
Species

See text.

Paraletharchus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Paraletharchus opercularis (G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941) (Pouched snake-eel)
  • Paraletharchus pacificus (R. C. Osburn & Nichols, 1916) (Sailfin eel)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paraletharchus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
Taxon identifiers
Paraletharchus


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