''Ateleopus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...

in the jellynose

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Ateleopodidae. It is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...

of its family, and the order Ateleopodiformes. For some time, it was known as ''Podateles'', because ''Ateleopus'' had been used to replace the

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...

genus name ''

Atelopus ''Atelopus'' is a large genus of Bufonidae, commonly known as harlequin frogs or toads, from Central and South America, ranging as far north as Costa Rica and as far south as Bolivia. ''Atelopus'' species are small, generally brightly colored, a ...

'', 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 A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

since the mid-

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus. Several other species have been described, but these are synonyms.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.'' * '' Ateleopus edentatus'' Kaga, 2016Kaga, T. (2016): A new jellynose, ''Ateleopus edentatus'', from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). ''Zootaxa, 4083 (4): 562–568.'' * '' Ateleopus indicus'' Alcock, 1891 * '' Ateleopus japonicus'' Bleeker, 1854 (Pacific jellynose fish) * '' Ateleopus natalensis''

Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...

, 1921 (Jelly-head fish) *'' Ateleopus purpureus'' Tanaka, 1915 *'' Ateleopus tanabensis'' Tanaka, 1918

References

Ateleopodiformes Extant Miocene first appearances {{Ateleopodiformes-stub