World Register of Deep-Sea species - Rhechias polypora Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Deep-Sea name details

Rhechias polypora Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

AphiaID

308130 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:308130)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Bathycongrus polyporus (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977)

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhechias Jordan, 1921 accepted as Bathycongrus Ogilby, 1898

Original name

Rhechias polypora Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Smith, D.G.; Kanazawa, R.H. (1977). Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi and Rhechias vicinalis. Bull. Mar. Sci. 27(3):530-543. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rhechias polypora Smith & Kanazawa, 1977. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=308130 on 2026-01-21

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rhechias polypora Smith & Kanazawa, 1977. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=308130 on 2026-01-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Smith, D.G.; Kanazawa, R.H. (1977). Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi and Rhechias vicinalis. Bull. Mar. Sci. 27(3):530-543. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To FishBase
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhechias polypora RAD107758-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhechias polypora USNM 197143 holotype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhechias polypora RAD107758-001)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Rhechias polypora USNM 197143 holotype radiograph lateral view)

Hosted externally