Hyperprosopon argenteum, from an 1892 natural history

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria 

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: Ovalentaria

Familia: Embiotocidae
Genus: Hyperprosopon
Species: H. anale – H. argenteum – H. ellipticum

Name

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Hyperprosopon Gibbons, 1854: 2

  • Type species: Hyperprosopon argenteus Gibbons, 1854
  • Type by monotypy
  • Gender: neuter

Synonyms

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References

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  • Gibbons, W.P. 1854: Description of four new species of viviparous fish, read before the California Academy of Natural Sciences, Monday evening, May 15, 1854. Daily Placer Times and Transcript, Wednesday, May 18, 1854, page 2, column 3 [newspaper]. [Also published later in 1854 as "Description of four new species of viviparous fishes from Sacramento River, and the Bay of San Francisco" in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 7: 105–106]
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