Paraphyonus
Paraphyonus is a genus of blind cusk eels found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. This genus was created for species formerly classified under Aphyonus when sampling of specimens showed that the type species of Aphyonus, A. gelatinosus, was not closely related to the other known species in the genus, including the newly identified species P. iselini and P. merretti. This work also brought Barathronus solomonensis into the new genus. The result of this classification...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Paraphyonus rassi
speciesParaphyonus rassi
Paraphyonus iselini
speciesParaphyonus iselini
Paraphyonus bolini
speciesParaphyonus bolini
Paraphyonus brevidorsalis
speciesParaphyonus brevidorsalis
Paraphyonus merretti
speciesParaphyonus merretti
Paraphyonus solomonensis
speciesParaphyonus solomonensis
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1313049.