After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Myrophinae (worm eels; matoankeriaat) [Norton: 11 genera, 40 species] |-- Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884) Key worm eel |-- Asarcenchelys longimanus McCosker, 1985 |-- Benthenchelys cartieri Fowler, 1934 |-- Glenoglossa wassi McCosker, 1982 |-- Mixomyrophis pusillipinna McCosker, 1985 |-- Muraenichthys [Aotea] ()? [25] |--o Myrophis ()? [7] | |-- M. anterodorsalis McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989 (Longfin worm eel) | |-- M. microchir (Bleeker, 1865) | |-- M. platyrhynchus Breder, 1927 (Broadnose worm eel) | |-- M. plumbeus (Cope, 1871) (Leaden worm eel) | |-- M. punctatus Lütken, 1852 (Speckled worm eel) | |-- M. uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Finned worm eel) | `-- M. vafer Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Pacific worm eel) |--o Neenchelys ()? [4] | |-- N. buitendijki Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 (Fintail serpent eel) | |-- N. daedalus McCosker, 1982 | |-- N. microtretus Bamber, 1915 | `-- N. retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983 |--o Pseudomyrophis ()? [5] | |-- P. atlanticus Blache, 1975 | |-- P. frio (Jordan & Davis, 1891) | |-- P. fugesae McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989 | |-- P. micropinna Wade, 1946 (Smallfin worm-eel) | `-- P. nimius Böhlke, 1960 |-- Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917) (Grooved-jaw worm eel) `--o Schultzidia ()? [2] |-- S. johnstonensis (Schultz & Woods, 1949) (Johnston snake eel) `-- S. retropinnis (Fowler, 1934) (Fringe-lipped worm eel)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600