Ateleopus

Ateleopus
Temporal range: 15.9–0 Ma Middle Miocene to Present
Ateleopus japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ateleopodiformes
Family: Ateleopodidae
Genus: Ateleopus
Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Type species
Ateleopus japonicus
Bleeker, 1854
Species
Synonyms

Podateles Boulenger, 1902

Ateleopus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the jellynose family Ateleopodidae. It is the type genus of its family, and the order Ateleopodiformes. For some time, it was known as Podateles, because Ateleopus had been used to replace the frog genus name Atelopus, which was deemed to be a spelling error. This was mistaken, however, and the fish and frog genera reverted to their original names.

This genus occurs in the fossil record since the mid-Miocene.

Species

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There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus.[1]

Several other species have been described, but these are synonyms.[2]

Junior synonym of A. japonicus.[3]

Junior synonym of A. japonicus.[2]

Junior synonym of A. japonicus.[2]

Junior synonym of Parateleopus indicus.[4]

  • Ateleopus schlegelii van der Hoeven, 1855

Junior synonym of A. japonicus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kaga, T. (2016): A new jellynose, Ateleopus edentatus, from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). Zootaxa, 4083 (4): 562–568.
  2. ^ a b c d e Kaga, T., Van Oijen, M.J.P., Kubo, Y. & Kitagawa, E. (2015): Redescription of Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker 1853, a senior synonym of Ateleopus schlegelii van der Hoeven 1855, Ateleopus purpureus Tanaka 1915, and Ateleopus tanabensis Tanaka 1918 with designation of a lectotype for A. japonicus and A. schlegelii (Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). Zootaxa, 4027 (3): 389–407.
  3. ^ Kaga, Tatsuya (2017-03-06). "Redescription of Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker 1853, a senior synonym of Ateleopus natalensis Regan 1921 (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae)". Zootaxa. 4238 (4). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. ^ Kaga, Tatsuya; Iwamoto, Tomio; Mishra, Subhrendu Sekhar (2022-01-19). "Redescription of Ateleopus indicus Alcock 1891, (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae), and its reassignment to the genus Parateleopus". Zootaxa. 5092 (2): 176–190. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5092.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334.