Phaenomonas

Phaenomonas is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.

Phaenomonas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Subfamily: Ophichthinae
Genus: Phaenomonas
G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941
Species

See text.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Phaenomonas cooperae G. Palmer, 1970 (Short-maned sand-eel)
  • Phaenomonas longissima (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963) (Short-maned Sand-Eel)
  • Phaenomonas pinnata G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941 (Elastic eel)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Phaenomonas in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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