Macrodon (Actinopterygii)

Macrodon (Actinopterygii)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea

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: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Sciaenidae
Genus: Macrodon
Species: M. ancylodon – M. atricauda – M. mordax

Name

Macrodon Schinz, 1822

Type species: Lonchurus ancylodon Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Synonyms

• Ancylodon Oken, 1817
• Nomalus Gistel, 1848
• Sagenichthys Berg, 1895

References

• Carvalho-Filho, A.; Santos, S.; Sampaio, I. 2010: Macrodon atricauda (Günther, 1880) (Perciformes: Sciaenidae), a valid species from the southwestern Atlantic, with comments on its conservation. Zootaxa, 2519: 48–58. Preview PDF
• Santos, S., Gomes, M. d. F., Soares Ferreira, A. R., Sampaio, I. & Schneider, H.; 2012: Molecular phylogeny of the western South Atlantic Sciaenidae based on mitochondrial and nuclear data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Available online 4 October 2012, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, abstract
• Schinz, H.R. 1822. Das Thierreich, eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie von den Herrn Ritter von Cuvier. Zweiter Band: Reptilien, Fische, Weichthiere, Ringelwürmer. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: Stuttgart & Tübingen. i–xvi + 1–835. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Macrodon 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.
• Macrodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Macrodon species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.