Ateleopus

Not to be confused with Atelopus, a genus of toads.

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 the frog genus name Atelopus, which was deemed to be a spelling error. This was mistaken, however, and the fish and frog genera reverted to their original names.

Ateleopus Temporal range: 15.9–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene to Present
Ateleopus japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ateleopodiformes
Family:	Ateleopodidae
Genus:	Ateleopus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Type species
Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1854
Species
Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1854 Ateleopus edentatus Kaga, 2016
Synonyms
Podateles Boulenger, 1902

This genus occurs in the fossil record since the mid-Miocene.^[1]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus.^[2]

• Ateleopus edentatus Kaga, 2016^[2]
• Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker, 1854 (Pacific jellynose fish)^[3]

Several other species have been described, but these are synonyms.^[3]

• Ateleopus natalensis Regan, 1921 (Jelly-head fish)

Junior synonym of A. japonicus.^[4]

• Ateleopus purpureus Tanaka, 1915

Junior synonym of A. japonicus.^[3]

• Ateleopus tanabensis Tanaka, 1918

Junior synonym of A. japonicus.^[3]

• Ateleopus indicus Alcock, 1891

Junior synonym of Parateleopus indicus.^[5]

• Ateleopus schlegelii van der Hoeven, 1855

Junior synonym of A. japonicus.^[3]