Istiompax

Istiompax indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Istiophoriformes

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: Carangaria Ordo: Istiophoriformes

Familia: Istiophoridae
Genus: Istiompax
Species (1): I. indica

Name

• Istiompax Whitley, 1931: 321
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Istiompax australis Whitley, 1931 [=Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832)]
    • Type by original designation [also monotypic]

References

Primary references

• Whitley, G.P. 1931: New names for Australian fishes. Australian zoologist, 6 (4): 310–334, Pls. 25-27. BHL

Additional references

• Collette, B.B.; McDowell, J.R.; Graves, J.E. 2006: Phylogeny of recent billfishes (Xiphioidei). Bulletin of marine science, 79 (3): 455–468. PDF

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Istiompax species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Istiompax and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS

Vernacular names

English: Black marlin