Aphyonidae

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Aphyonidae is a family of eel-like fishes in the order Ophidiiformes. They are found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world. They are small deep-sea fishes, found down to 5,000 m.

Species

There are 22 species in six genera:

• Genus Aphyonus
• * Aphyonus bolini Nielsen, 1974.
• * Aphyonus brevidorsalis Nielsen, 1969.
• * Gelatinous blindfish, Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878.
• * Aphyonus rassi Nielsen, 1975.
• Genus Barathronus
• * Barathronus affinis Brauer, 1906.
• * Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean, 1886.

Barathronus bicolor

• * Barathronus bruuni Nielsen, 1969.
• * Barathronus diaphanus Brauer, 1906.
• * Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976.
• * Barathronus multidens Nielsen, 1984.
• * Barathronus pacificus Nielsen & Eagle, 1974.
• * Barathronus parfaiti (Vaillant, 1888).

Barathronus parfaiti

• * Barathronus unicolor Nielsen, 1984.
• Genus Meteoria
• * Meteoria erythrops Nielsen, 1969.
• Genus Nybelinella
• * Nybelinella brevidorsalis (Nielsen, 1969).
• * Nybelinella erikssoni (Nybelin, 1957).
• Genus Parasciadonus
• * Parasciadonus brevibrachium Nielsen, 1984.
• * Parasciadonus pauciradiatus Nielsen, 1997.
• Genus Sciadonus
• * Sciadonus cryptophthalmus (Zugmayer, 1911).
• * Sciadonus galatheae (Nielsen, 1969).
• * Sciadonus jonassoni (Nybelin, 1957).
• * Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899.

References

• ["Aphyonidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

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