Aluterus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Monacanthidae
Genus: Aluterus
Species: A. heudelotii – A. monoceros – A. schoepfii – A. scriptus – †A. shigensis

Name

Aluterus Cloquet, 1816

• Type species: Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Alutera Oken, 1817
• Ceratacanthus Gill, 1861
• Davidia Miranda Ribeiro, 1915
• Osbeckia Jordan & Evermann, 1896

References

• Cloquet, H., 1816-30: [Pisces accounts.] In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Volumes 1-60. [Initials after accounts correspond to authors given in Vol. 1; fish accounts by Lacepède (L. L.), Duméril (C. D.), Daudin (F. M. D.) and Cloquet (H. C.)]. Reference page. 

Links

• Aluterus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).