WoRMS taxon details
Leptenchelys Myers & Wade, 1941
Species Leptenchelys vermiformis Myers & Wade, 1941
Species Leptenchelys labialis (Seale, 1917) accepted as Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917)
Species Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953 accepted as Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, 1801)
Species Leptenchelys tenuis Tortonese, 1964 accepted as Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) (synonym)
Species Leptenchelys labialis (Seale, 1917) accepted as Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917)
Species Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953 accepted as Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, 1801)
Species Leptenchelys tenuis Tortonese, 1964 accepted as Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Myers, G. S.; Wade, C. B. (1941). Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles.</em> 9 (4): 65-111, Pls. 7-16. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Leptenchelys Myers & Wade, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269647 on 2023-05-29
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original description
Myers, G. S.; Wade, C. B. (1941). Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles.</em> 9 (4): 65-111, Pls. 7-16. [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]