Melapedalion

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Exocoetoidea

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 Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Beloniformes Subordo: Belonoidei Superfamilia: Exocoetoidea

Familia: Hemiramphidae
Subfamilia: Hemiramphinae
Genus: Melapedalion
Species: M. breve

Name

Melapedalion Fowler, 1934

Gender: neut.

Type species: Oxyporhamphus brevis Seale, 1910, by original designation and monotypy.

References

• Fowler, H. W. (1934) Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 233–367.

Links

• Melapedalion – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).