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Grypodon texanus

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae

Taxonomy
Ancistrodon texanus was named by Dames (1883). It is the type species of Grypodon.

It was recombined as Grypodon texanus by Hay (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Ancistrodon texanus Dames
1902Grypodon texanus Hay p. 408

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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
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderBalistoidei
familyBalistidae
genusGrypodon
speciestexanus(Dames 1883)

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.

†Grypodon texanus Dames 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available