genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 hor ...
family
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Ateleopodidae
The jellynose fishes or tadpole fishes are the small order Ateleopodiformes. This group of ray-finned fish is monotypic, containing a single family Ateleopodidae. It has about a dozen species in four genera, but these enigmatic fishes are in ne ...
. 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 f ...
of its family, and the
order
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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 Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...
genus name ''
Atelopus
''Atelopus'' is a large genus of Bufonidae, commonly known as harlequin frogs or toads, from Central America, Central and South America, ranging as far north as Costa Rica and as far south as Bolivia. ''Atelopus'' species are small, generally br ...
'', 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
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since the mid-
Miocene
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.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus. Several other species have been described, but these are
synonyms
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.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
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Ateleopus japonicus
The pacific jellynose fish (''Ateleopus japonicus'') (Shachiburi, 鯱振 in Japanese) is a species of jellynose fish in the family Ateleopodidae. It can grow up to a length of 95 cm, but is more commonly found at lengths of 35 cm. There ...
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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").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)
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Ateleopus purpureus
''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 ...
'' Tanaka, 1915
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Ateleopus tanabensis
''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 ...