After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Synaphobranchidae [incl. Dysommatidae; Todaridae] (cutthroat eels & arrowtooth eels; petoankeriaat) |-- Simenchelys parasitica Gill, 1879 [Simenchelyinae] (töppöankerias; Snubnose parasitic ell) |--o Ilyophinae [Dysommatinae; Todaridae] (arrowtooth eels; piikkihammasankeriaat) | |-- Atractodenchelys | |--o Dysomma [Dysommopsis, Nettodarus] | | |-- D. anguillare Barnard, 1923 (Shortbelly eel) | | |-- D. brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887) (Pignosed arrowtooth eel) | | |-- D. bucephalus Alcock, 1889 | | |-- D. dolichosomatum Karrer, 1982 | | |-- D. fuscoventralis Karrer & Klausewitz, 1982 | | |-- D. goslinei Robins & Robins, 1976 | | |-- D. longirostrum Chen & Mok, 2001 | | |-- D. melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967 | | |-- D. muciparus (Alcock, 1891) | | |-- D. opisthoproctus Chen & Mok, 1995 | | |-- D. polycatodon Karrer, 1982 | | `-- D. tridens Robins, Böhlke & Robins, 1989 | |-- Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951 | |--o Ilyophis | | |-- I. arx Robins, 1976 | | |-- I. blachei Saldanha & Merrett, 1982 | | |-- I. brunneus Gilbert, 1891 (Muddy arrowtooth eel) | | |-- I. nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak, 1997 | | `-- I. robinsae Sulak & Shcherbachev, 1997 | |?- Linkenchelys | `-- Thermobiotes mytelogeiton Geistdoerfer, 1991 `--o Synaphobranchinae (cutthroat eels; petoankeriaat) |-- Haptenchelys texis Robins & Martin, 1976 `--+?- Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923 [=? Synaphobranchus] (Basketwork eel) |?-o Meadia [=? Synaphobranchus] ()? [2] | |-- M. abyssalis (Kamohara, 1938) (Abyssal cutthroat eel) | `-- M. roseni Mok, Lee & Chan, 1991 `--o Synaphobranchus [Diastobranchus, Histiobranchus] ()? [Nelson: 8 recent species] [Fishbase: 6] |-- S. affinis Günther, 1877 (Grey cutthroat) |-- S. bathybius Günther, 1877 (Deepwater arrowtooth eel) |-- S. brevidorsalis Günther, 1887 (Shortdorsal cutthroat eel) |-- S. bruuni (Castle, 1964) (Bruun's cutthroat) |-- S. kaupii Johnson, 1862 (Kaup's arrowtooth eel) `-- S. oregoni Castle, 1960
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