genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
blind cusk eel
Blind often refers to:
* The state of blindness, being unable to see
* A window blind, a covering for a window
Blind may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Blind'' (1987 film), a documentary by Frederick Wiseman about the ...
s found in the
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...
,
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Associated with India
* of or related to India
** Indian people
** Indian diaspora
** Languages of India
** Indian English, a dialect of the English language
** Indian cuisine
Associated with indigenous peoples o ...
and
Pacific Ocean
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s. This genus was created for species formerly classified under ''
Aphyonus
''Aphyonus'' is a genus of blind cusk eels from the family Aphyonidae. It contains four species. A sampling of specimens of ''Aphyonus'' showed that the type species of ''Aphyonus'', '' A. gelatinosus'', was not closely related to the other known ...
'' when sampling of specimens showed that the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
of ''Aphyonus'', '' A. gelatinosus'', was not closely related to the other known species in the genus, including the newly identified species ''P. iselini'' and ''P. merretti''. This work also brought ''Barathronus solomonensis'' into the new genus. The result of this classification is that ''Aphyonus'' would be a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
Møller Møller () is a Danish surname, referring to an occupation as a Miller, equivalent of the Scottish/English ''Miller (name), Miller'', the German ''Müller'' etc.
Møller is the twentieth commonest surname in Denmark.Aphyonidae
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