FAMILY Details for Aphyonidae

Family Aphyonidae - Blind cusk eels
Order	:	Ophidiiformes
Class	:	Teleostei
No. in FishBase	:	Genera : 0 \| Species : 0 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment	:	Fresh : No \| Brackish : No \| Marine : Yes
Division	:	Marine
Aquarium	:	none
First Fossil Record	:
Remark	:	Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Morphology: Scaleless. No swim bladder. Dorsal fin continuous with anal fins. Dorsal fin origin posterior, well behind the pectoral fin. Eyes rudimentary. Opercular spine weak, if present. Sensory pores on head absent. No pyloric caeca. Pelvic fin jugular with a single ray; lacking in a few. Bilobed ovaries. Total vertebrae 68-86: precaudal 26-48. Neotenic in some features. Depth: Mostly found beyond 700 m depth. New common name for this family from Ref. 58418. Ref. 103259: Mostly small to medium-sized, viviparous, bathypelagic and benthopelagic fishes. Diagnostic features of the family include a loose, transparent and gelatinous skin, poorly developed (or not visible) eyes, basibranchial tooth patches absent, and long dorsal and anal fins joined to the caudal fin (Nielsen et al., 1999).
Etymology	:	Greek, derived from aphyo, aphye = sardine, anchovy, in the sense of whitish, with the colour of sardine ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild	:	bearers
Typical activity level	:
Main Ref.	:	Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator	:
Deep Fin Classification	:

Species/Synonymy list for the family Aphyonidae as currently in FishBase

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