Grammonus

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: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Bythitidae
Subfamilia: Bythitinae
Genus: Grammonus
Species: G. ater – G. claudei – G. diagrammus – G. longhursti – G. minutus – G. nagaredai – G. opisthodon – G. robustus – G. thielei – G. waikiki – G. yunokawai
Name

Grammonus Gill in Goode & Bean, 1896: 317

Type species: Oligopus ater Risso, 1810. Type by monotypy.
Synonyms

Bathystorreus Howell Rivero, 1934
Eutyx Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
Gadopsis De Filippi, 1855
Grammonoides Smith, 1948
Leptopodus (subgenus of Coryphaena) Goldfuss, 1820
Oligopodus Lacepède, 1800
Oligopus Risso, 1810
Verater Jordan, 1919

References

De Filippi, F. (1855): Ueber die Schwimmblase des Oligopus ater Risso. [Aus einem Schreiben des Prof. Filippo de Filippi in Turin an A. Kölliker.]. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 7: 170–171.
Goldfuss, G. A. (1820): Handbuch der Zoologie. Nürnberg. 1 : i-xxiv + 1-510, Pls. 1-2.
Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H. (1896): Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum, 2 : Text: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553, Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26, 123 pls.
Heller, E. & Snodgrass, R. E. (1903): Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition, 1898-1899. XV. New fishes. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Science, 5: 189–229, Pls. 2-20.
Howell Rivero, L. (1934): Nuevo género de peces para Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey", 8 (2): 69–72, Pl. 7.
Jordan, D. S. (1919): The genera of fishes, part II, from Agassiz to Bleeker, 1833-1858, twenty-six years, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series No. 36: i-ix + 163-284 + i-xiii.
Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800): Histoire naturelle des poissons. 2 : i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
Risso, A. (1810): Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du département des Alpes Maritimes. F. Schoell, Paris: i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11.
Smith, J. L. B. (1948): Brief revisions and new records of South African marine fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (11) 14 (113) [1947]: 335–346.

Grammonus is a genus of viviparous brotula.
Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Grammonus ater (A. Risso, 1810)
Grammonus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1930) (Reef-cave brotula)
Grammonus diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (Purple brotula)
Grammonus longhursti (Cohen, 1964)
Grammonus minutus J. G. Nielsen & Prokofiev, 2010
Grammonus nagaredai J. E. Randall & Hughes, 2008
Grammonus opisthodon J. L. B. Smith, 1934 (Bighead brotula)
Grammonus robustus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Grammonus thielei J. G. Nielsen & Cohen, 2004
Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964)
Grammonus yunokawai J. G. Nielsen, 2007

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Grammonus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Grammonus in FishBase. June 2012 version.