Acanthonus

Acanthonus
	Bony-eared assfish (Acanthonus armatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Suborder:	Ophidioidei
Family:	Acanthonidae; Wong & Chen, 2024
Genus:	Acanthonus; Günther, 1878
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Tauredophidium Alcock, 1890; Xyelacyba Cohen, 1961;

Acanthonus, also known as deepsea cusk-eels, are a genus of deepwater ophidiiform fish. They are the only members of the family Acanthonidae. They were formerly placed within the subfamily Neobythiinae of the Ophidiidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Species

There are three valid species:^[4]

Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878
Acanthonus hextii (Alcock, 1890)
Acanthonus myersi (Cohen, 1961)

Synonyms

Acanthonus spinifer Garman, 1899 accepted as Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878

References

1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acanthonus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
↑ Wong, Man-Kwan; Chen, Wei-Jen (2024-10-01). "Exploring the phylogeny and depth evolution of cusk eels and their relatives (Ophidiiformes: Ophidioidei)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 199 108164. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108164. ISSN 1055-7903.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard, eds. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

Girard, Matthew G.; Nonaka, Ai; Baldwin, Carole C.; Johnson, G. David (2024). "Discovery and description of elaborate larval cusk-eels and the relationships among Acanthonus, Tauredophidium, and Xyelacyba (Teleostei: Ophidiidae)". Early Life History and Biology of Marine Fishes: Research Inspired by the Work of H Geoffrey Moser: 20–42. doi:10.7755/pp.24.3.

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[CoF-1] 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acanthonus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.

[:0-2] Wong, Man-Kwan; Chen, Wei-Jen (2024-10-01). "Exploring the phylogeny and depth evolution of cusk eels and their relatives (Ophidiiformes: Ophidioidei)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 199 108164. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108164. ISSN 1055-7903.

[:13-3] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard, eds. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.

[ETYFish-4] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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