Hoplostethus gigas

Hoplostethus gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trachichthyoidei

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: Berycimorphaceae Ordo: Trachichthyiformes Subordo: Trachichthyoidei

Familia: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplostethus
Species: Hoplostethus gigas

Name

Hoplostethus gigas McCulloch, 1914

• Lectotype: AMS I.12766. Lectotype designated by Roberts & Gomon, 2012
• Paralectotypes (5): AMS I.15710-001; NMV A.20541; QMB I.1423.

Type locality: Great Australian Bight, 33°18'S, 126°42'E [1], South Australia, depth 130-170 fathoms.

Vernacular names

English: Giant sawbelly

References

• McCulloch, A. R.; 1914: Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-western Australia. Part II. Biological Results Endeavour, 2 (3): 77–165, Pls. 13-34.
• Roberts, C. D. & Gomon, M. F.; 2012: A review of giant roughies of the genus Hoplostethus (Beryciformes, Trachichthyidae), with descriptions of two new Australasian species. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 69: 341–354. PDF
• Hoplostethus gigas in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.