Ateleopus Temminck & Schlegel 1846

Kaga, Tatsuya, Van Oijen, Martien J. P., Kubo, Yoshikazu & Kitagawa, Emi, 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), pp. 389-407 : 391

Ateleopus Temminck & Schlegel 1846

Ateleopus Temminck & Schlegel 1846: 255 . Type species: Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker 1853 . Type by subsequent designation by Bleeker 1853: 19.

Podateles Boulenger 1902: 402 . Type species: Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker 1853 . Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for and objective synonym of Ateleopus Temminck & Schlegel 1846 .

Diagnosis. Body elongate, compressed; tail long, tapering to caudal fin, completely enveloped in a soft gelatinous tissue. Head large, slightly compressed, covered with thick gelatinous tissue, forming a gelatinous snout. Dorsal-fin rays 8–10. Pelvic-fin ray long, extending beyond base of pectoral fin. Pelvic-fin consisting of one elongated ray and several rudimentary rays attached to front of the base of the long ray; some vestigial rays inside a thin cutaneous membrane on the medial side of the base.

Distribution. Indian and western Pacific oceans ( Smith 1986; Moore 2003; Kulbicki et al. 1994; Bray & Hoese 2006; Aizawa & Doiuchi 2013)