Hyperprosopon

Hyperprosopon argenteum, from an 1892 natural history

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria

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

Familia: Embiotocidae
Genus: Hyperprosopon
Species: H. anale – H. argenteum – H. ellipticum

Name

Hyperprosopon Gibbons, 1854: 2

• Type species: Hyperprosopon argenteus Gibbons, 1854
• Type by monotypy
• Gender: neuter

Synonyms

• Bramopsis A. Agassiz, 1861
• Ennichthys Girard, 1855
• Tocichthys Hubbs, 1918

References

• Gibbons, W.P. 1854: Description of four new species of viviparous fish, read before the California Academy of Natural Sciences, Monday evening, May 15, 1854. Daily Placer Times and Transcript, Wednesday, May 18, 1854, page 2, column 3 [newspaper]. [Also published later in 1854 as "Description of four new species of viviparous fishes from Sacramento River, and the Bay of San Francisco" in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 7: 105–106]

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus