Halieutichthys

Halieutichthys aculeatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ogcocephalioidea

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: Lophiiformes Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei Superfamilia: Ogcocephalioidea

Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Halieutichthys
Species (3):
H. aculeatus – (Mitchill, 1818);
H. bispinosus – Ho, Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010;
H. intermedius – Ho, Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010

Name

Halieutichthys Poey in Gill, 1863

Gender: masculine

Type species: Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, 1863, by monotypy.

References

• Gill, T. N. (1863) Descriptions of some new species of Pediculati, and on the classification of the group. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15: 88–92.
• Bradbury, Margaret G. (2003) Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895: batfishes. Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 17. 1-17. PDF

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Halieutichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Science Daily news report: Two New Species of Pancake Batfishes Discovered from Area Engulfed by Oil Spill

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