Neoniphon

Neoniphon sammara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Holocentriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes 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 Subdivision: Holocentrimorphaceae Ordo: Holocentriformes

Familia: Holocentridae
Subfamilia: Holocentrinae
Genus: Neoniphon
Species (6): N. argenteus – N. aurolineatus – N. marianus – N. opercularis – N. pencei – N. sammara

Name

• Neoniphon Castelnau, 1875: 4
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Neoniphon armatus Castelnau, 1875 [=Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775)]
    • Fixation: monotypy

Synonymy

• Kutaflammeo Whitley, 1933

Primary references

• Castelnau, F.L. 1875: Researches on the fishes of Australia. Philadelphia Centennial Expedition of 1876. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays, 1875-6 (2): 1–52.

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Neoniphon – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Neoniphon.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Neoniphon species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Neoniphon and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS

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