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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: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Ophidiidae
Subfamilia: Neobythitinae
Genus: Glyptophidium
Species (7): G. argenteum – G. effulgens – G. japonicum – G. longipes – G. lucidum – G. macropus – G. oceanium
Name

Glyptophidium Alcock, 1889

Type species: Glyptophidium argenteum Alcock, 1889

Glyptophidium macropus

Glyptophidium macropus

References

Alcock, A. W.; 1889: Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., D. S. O., commanding.--No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885-1889. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 6) 4 (23): 376–399.
Glyptophidium and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Glyptophidium is a genus of cusk-eels.
Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2]

Glyptophidium argenteum Alcock, 1889
Glyptophidium effulgens J. G. Nielsen & Machida, 1988
Glyptophidium japonicum Kamohara, 1936 (Japanese cusk)
Glyptophidium longipes Norman, 1939 (Bigeye brotula)
Glyptophidium lucidum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (Sculptured cusk)
Glyptophidium macropus Alcock, 1894
Glyptophidium oceanium H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Glyptophidium". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glyptophidium". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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