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Synaphobranchidae Johnson, 1862

125436  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125436)

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  1. Subfamily Ilyophinae Jordan & Davis, 1891
    1. Genus Atractodenchelys Robins & Robins, 1970
    2. Genus Branchenchelys Tighe & Kodeeswaran, 2025
    3. Genus Dysomma Alcock, 1889
    4. Genus Dysommina Ginsburg, 1951
    5. Genus Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891
    6. Genus Linkenchelys Smith, 1989
    7. Genus Meadia Böhlke, 1951
    8. Genus Thermobiotes Geistdoerfer, 1991
    9. Genus Dysommopsis Alcock, 1891 accepted as Dysomma Alcock, 1889
    10. Genus Media accepted as Meadia Böhlke, 1951 (misspelling)
    11. Genus Nettodarus Whitley, 1951 accepted as Dysomma Alcock, 1889 (synonym)
    12. Genus Sinomyrus Lin, 1933 accepted as Dysomma Alcock, 1889
    13. Genus Todarus Grassi & Calandruccio, 1896 accepted as Dysomma Alcock, 1889
  2. Subfamily Simenchelyinae Gill, 1879
    1. Genus Simenchelys Gill, 1879
    2. Genus Conchognathus Collett, 1889 accepted as Simenchelys Gill, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    3. Genus Gymnosimenchelys Tanaka, 1908 accepted as Simenchelys Gill, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Subfamily Synaphobranchinae Johnson, 1862
    1. Genus Diastobranchus Barnard, 1923
    2. Genus Haptenchelys Robins & Martin, 1976
    3. Genus Histiobranchus Gill, 1883
    4. Genus Synaphobranchus Johnson, 1862
    5. Genus Nettophichthys Holt, 1891 accepted as Synaphobranchus Johnson, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    6. Genus Synapobranchus Johnson, 1862 accepted as Synaphobranchus Johnson, 1862 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  4. Subfamily Dysommatinae Gill, 1893 accepted as Ilyophinae Jordan & Davis, 1891 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Subfamily Simenchelinae Gill, 1879 accepted as Simenchelyinae Gill, 1879 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Synaphobranchidae Johnson, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125436 on 2025-12-23
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Nomenclature

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

 
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