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Hoplostethus

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae

Taxonomy
Hoplostethus was named by Cuvier and Valenciennes (1829) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Otolithus (Hoplostethus) by Koken (1891).

It was assigned to Otolithus by Koken (1891); to Berycoidei by Schwarzhans (1985); to Beryciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trachichthyidae by Schwarzhans (1980), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Lin et al. (2017) and Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Hoplostethus Cuvier and Valenciennes
1891Otolithus (Hoplostethus) Koken
1980Hoplostethus Schwarzhans p. 135
1983Hoplostethus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 175
1985Hoplostethus Schwarzhans p. 33
2002Hoplostethus Sepkoski
2017Hoplostethus Lin et al. p. 26
2019Hoplostethus Schwarzhans p. 183

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderBerycoidei
familyTrachichthyidaeBleeker 1859
genusHoplostethusCuvier and Valenciennes 1829

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.

G. Hoplostethus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1829
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Hoplostethus bambergi Priem 1913
Hoplostethus hexagonalis Leriche 1905
Hoplostethus lacinatus Koken 1885
Hoplostethus pisanus Koken 1891
Hoplostethus sinaustralis Schwarzhans 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available