WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Nettenchelys Alcock, 1898

AphiaID

270027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:270027)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859

Direct children (11)

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Species Nettenchelys dionisi Brito, 1989
Species Nettenchelys erroriensis Karmovskaya, 1994
Species Nettenchelys exoria Böhlke & Smith, 1981
Species Nettenchelys gephyra Castle & Smith, 1981
Species Nettenchelys inion Smith & Böhlke, 1981
Species Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya, 1999
Species Nettenchelys proxima Smith, Lin & Chen, 2015
Species Nettenchelys pygmaea Smith & Böhlke, 1981
Species Nettenchelys taylori Alcock, 1898
Species Nettenchelys exorius Böhlke & Smith, 1981 accepted as Nettenchelys exoria Böhlke & Smith, 1981 (misspelling)
Species Nettenchelys pygmaeus Smith & Böhlke, 1981 accepted as Nettenchelys pygmaea Smith & Böhlke, 1981 (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Alcock, A. W. (1898). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey ship `Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R. N., commanding.--Series II., No. 25. A note on the deep-sea fishes, with descriptions of some new genera and species, including another probably viviparous ophidioid. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7). v. 2 (no. 8) (art. 22): 136-156. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Nettenchelys Alcock, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270027 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Alcock, A. W. (1898). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey ship `Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R. N., commanding.--Series II., No. 25. A note on the deep-sea fishes, with descriptions of some new genera and species, including another probably viviparous ophidioid. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7). v. 2 (no. 8) (art. 22): 136-156. [details]

Taxonomy

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