Ogcocephalus

Ogcocephalus corniger

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ogcocephalioidea

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: Lophiiformes Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei Superfamilia: Ogcocephalioidea

Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Ogcocephalus
Species: O. corniger – O. cubifrons – O. darwini – O. declivirostris – O. nasutus – O. notatus – O. pantostictus – O. parvus – O. porrectus – O. pumilus – O. rostellum – O. vespertilio

Name

Ogcocephalus Fischer, 1813

• Type species: Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

• Malthe Cuvier, 1816: 311
  • Type species: Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Desmarest, 1856: 264

References

• Fischer, G. (1813) Zoognosia, tabulis synopticus illustrata, in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico-Chirurgicae Mosquenis edita. 3rd ed. v. 1: i-xii + 1-466, 8 pls.
• Bradbury, Margaret G. (2003) Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895: batfishes. Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 17. 1-17. PDF

Links

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

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