Hypopleuron Smith and Radcliffe 1913 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hypopleuron in the database

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