Hyperoplus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/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
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Trachinoidei

Familia: Ammodytidae
Genus: Hyperoplus
Species: H. lanceolatus
Name

Hyperoplus Günther, 1862
References

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Hyperoplus. [accessed on 29 June 2020]

Hyperoplus is a genus of sand lances native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Hyperoplus immaculatus (Corbin, 1950) (Corbin's sand eel)
Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage, 1824) (great sand eel)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Hyperoplus in FishBase. December 2012 version.