Kathetostoma

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Trachinoidei 

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: Perciformes
Subordo: Trachinoidei

Familia: Uranoscopidae
Genus: Kathetostoma
Species (9): K. albigutta – K. averruncus – K. binigrasella – K. canaster – K. cubana – K. giganteum – K. laeve – K. nigrofasciatum – ?K. fluviatilis

Name edit

Kathetostoma Günther, 1860: 231

Type species: Uranoscopus laevis Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Type by monotypy.

References edit

  • Günther, A. 1860: Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. 2. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. British Museum, London. 2: i-xxi + 1-548.
  • Gomon, M.F.; Roberts, C.D. 2011: A second New Zealand species of the stargazer genus Kathetostoma (Trachinoidei: Uranoscopidae). Zootaxa, 2776: 1–12. Preview PDF