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Myrophis Lütken, 1852 
AphiaID: 158641

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Myrophinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Myrophinae
Synonymised
taxa		  Hesperomyrus
 Holopterura
 Leptoconger
 Myroplius (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989
Species Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967
Species Myrophis lepturus Kotthaus, 1968
Species Myrophis microchir (Bleeker, 1864)
Species Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927
Species Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871)
Species Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
Species Myrophis vafer Jordan & Gilbert, 1883

Species Myrophis chrysogaster Macleay, 1881 accepted as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)
Species Myrophis dolichorhynchus Parr, 1930 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
Species Myrophis egmontis Jordan, 1884 accepted as Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884)
Species Myrophis emmae Howell Rivero, 1934 accepted as Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927
Species Myrophis frio Jordan & Davis, 1891 accepted as Pseudomyrophis frio (Jordan & Davis, 1891)
Species Myrophis heterognathos Bleeker, 1858 accepted as Gnathophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858)
Species Myrophis iguapensis Miranda Ribeiro, 1908 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
Species Myrophis longicollis Peters, 1864 accepted as Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871)
Species Myrophis longleii Silvester, 1915 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
Species Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
Species Myrophis macrophthalmus Parr, 1930 accepted as Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884)
Species Myrophis macrophthalmus (Kamohara, 1938) accepted as Parabathymyrus macrophthalmus Kamohara, 1938
Species Myrophis microps Parr, 1930 accepted as Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884)
Species Myrophis microstigmius Poey, 1867 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
Species Myrophis uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) accepted as Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158641
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-26 07:43:32Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Myrophis Lütken, 1852. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158641 on 2013-05-18
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