Macrodon mordax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

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: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Sciaenidae
Genus: Macrodon
Species: Macrodon mordax

Name

Macrodon mordax (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)

Holotype: CAS-SU 6809. Paratypes: ?BMNH 1903.5.15.163-165 [from Jordan] (3), CAS-SU 6656 (4), USNM 50401 (1), ZMB 15967 [ex SU] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:78.

Type locality: Panama Bay, (Pacific) Panama.

Synonyms

• Sagenichthys mordax Gilbert & Starks, 1904

References

• Gilbert, C.H. & Starks, E.C. 1904: The fishes of Panama Bay. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, v. 4: 1–304, Pls. 1–33. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Sagenichthys mordax in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 27, 2015.
• Macrodon mordax – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Macrodon mordax in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.