Hiodon

Hiodon tergisus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hiodontiformes

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 Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Hiodontiformes

Familia: Hiodontidae
Genus: Hiodon
Species: H. alosoides – †H. consteniorum – †H. rosei – H. tergisus – †H. woodruffi

Name

Hiodon Lesueur, 1818

Synonyms

• Amphiodon Rafinesque, 1819
• Clodalus Rafinesque, 1820
• Elattonistius Gill & Jordan in Jordan, 1877
• Eohiodon Cavender, 1966
• Glossodon Rafinesque, 1819

References

• Lesueur, C.A. 1818: Description of several new species of North American fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1(pt 2): 222–235; 359-368, Pls. 10, 11, 14. BHL
• Hilton, E. J. & Grande, L. 2008; "Fossil Mooneyes (Teleostei: Hiodontiformes, Hiodontidae) from the Eocene of western North America, with a reassessment of their taxonomy" in "Birth of the modern world: the Tertiary" Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295:221-251

Links

• Hiodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Hiodon in the World Register of Marine Species
• Hiodon species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Hiodon and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Mondaugen
English: Mooneyes
Türkçe: Aygözlüler

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