Monacoa

Taxonavigation: Argentinoidei

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/Superordo: Protacanthopterygii Ordo: Argentiniformes Subordo: Argentinoidei

Familia: Opisthoproctidae
Genus: Monacoa

Species: M. grimaldii – M. griseus – M. niger

Name

Monacoa Whitley, 1943

• Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Grimaldia Chapman (1942), preoccupied by Grimaldia Chevreux (1889) in Crustacea.
• Type species: Opisthoproctus grimaldii Zugmayer, 1911

Synonyms

• Grimaldia Chapman, 1942

References

• Poulsen, J.Y., Sado, T., Hahn, C., Byrkjedal, I., Moku, M. & Miya, M. 2016. Preservation Obscures Pelagic Deep-Sea Fish Diversity: Doubling the Number of Sole-Bearing Opisthoproctids and Resurrection of the Genus Monacoa (Opisthoproctidae, Argentiniformes). PLoS ONE 11(8): e0159762. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159762 Reference page. 
• Whitley, G.P. 1943: Ichthyological notes and illustrations (Part 2.) Australian zoologist 10(2): 167-187. BHL Reference page. 
• Zugmayer, E. 1911. Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht "Princesse-Alice" (1901 à 1910). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) 193: 1–14. PDFReference page.