Isichthys

Isichthys henryi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes

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: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Mormyridae
Genus: Isichthys
Species (1): I. henryi

Name

• Isichthys Gill, 1863: 444, 443 (key)
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Isichthys henryi Gill, 1863
    • Type by monotypy

Synonymy

• Isistius, Sauvage, 1884 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Isitchthys, Pellegrin, 1921 [misspelling]

References

• Gill, T.N. 1863: Description of a new generic type of mormyroids and note on the arrangement of the genus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14 ("9" [2nd no. 9 in this volume through error]): 443–445. BHL

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Isichthys species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Isichthys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS