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Hoplopteryx lewesiensis

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae

Taxonomy
Zeus lewesiensis was named by Mantell (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hoplopteryx lewesiensis by Woodward (1902), Patterson (1964), Bardack and Teller-Marshall (1982) and Ekrt et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Zeus lewesiensis Mantell
1834Beryx zippei Agassiz p. 68
1835Beryx ornatus Agassiz p. 55
1837Beryx ornatus Agassiz figs. Pl 14a; pl 14b, fig 1; pl 14c, figs 1-6; pl 14d, figs 1-4
1839Beryx ornatus Agassiz p. 4
1839Beryx zippei Agassiz p. 4
1839Beryx ornatus Agassiz p. 115
1839Beryx zippei Agassiz p. 120 figs. Pl 15, fig 2
1885Beryx ornatus von der Marck p. 243
1902Hoplopteryx lewesiensis Woodward p. 14
1905Hoplopteryx brevis Bayer p. 8 figs. Pl. 3:3
1964Hoplopteryx lewesiensis Patterson p. 305 figs. Pl 3, fig 108; text-figs 45-53
1982Hoplopteryx lewesiensis Bardack and Teller-Marshall p. 3 figs. 1-5
2008Hoplopteryx lewesiensis Ekrt et al. p. 664 figs. 4-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderTrachichthyoideiParr 1933
familyHoplopterygiidaeJordan 1923
genusHoplopteryx
specieslewesiensis(Mantell 1822)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Beryx ornatus Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Beryx zippei Agassiz 1834 [synonym], Hoplopteryx brevis Bayer 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available