Iguanodectes

Iguanodectes sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

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: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Iguanodectidae
Genus: Iguanodectes
Species (8): I. adujai – I. geisleri – I. gracilis – I. polylepis – I. purusii – I. rachovii – I. spilurus – I. variatus

Name

• Iguanodectes Cope, 1872: 260
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Iguanodectes tenuis Cope, 1872 [=Piabuca spilurus Günther, 1864]
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

• Cope, E.D. 1872: On the fishes of the Ambyiacu River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 23 (1871): 250–294, Pls. 3-16.