Denticeps

Life-forms

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: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Clupei
Superordo: Clupeomorpha
Ordo: Clupeiformes
Subordo: Denticipitoidei

Familia: Denticipitidae
Genus: Denticeps
Species: D. clupeoides
Name

Denticeps Clausen, 1959: 147
Type species: Denticeps clupeoides Clausen, 1959

Synonyms

Acanthothrissa Gras, 1961
Igborichthys Clausen, 1959 (name published in synonymy)

References

Clausen, H.S. 1959. Denticipitidae, a new family of primitive Isospondylous teleosts from West African fresh-water. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn 121: 141–151. Reference page.
Greenwood, P.H. 1965: The status of Acanthothrissa Gras, 1961 (Pisces, Clupeidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series B, 7: 337–338.

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Denticeps species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Eschmeyer, W.N., Catalog of Fishes (electronic version)

Vernacular names
English: Denticle herring
magyar: Denticeps
lietuvių: Dantytasilkinės
Nederlands: Stekelharing
português: Denticipitidae