Halimochirurgus

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: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Triacanthodidae
Genus: Halimochirurgus
Species (2): H. alcocki – H. centriscoides
Name

Halimochirurgus Alcock, 1899: 78

Type species: Halimochirurgus centriscoides Alcock, 1899, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Alcock, A.W. 1899. Halimochirurgus centriscoides, a new deep-sea fish from the Gulf of Manár. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1899: 78.

Halimochirurgus is a small genus of spikefishes native to the deep waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Halimochirurgus alcocki M. C. W. Weber, 1913
Halimochirurgus centriscoides Alcock, 1899 (Longsnout spikefish)

References

Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.