Himantolophus

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: Lophiiformes
Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei
Superfamilia: Ceratioidea

Familia: Himantolophidae
Genus: Himantolophus
Species: H. albinares – H. appelii – H. azurlucens – H. borealis – H. brevirostris – H. compressus – H. cornifer – H. crinitus – H. danae – H. groenlandicus – H. litoceras – H. macroceras – H. macroceratoides – H. mauli – H. melanolophus – H. multifurcatus – H. nigricornis – H. paucifilosus – H. pseudalbinares – H. sagamius
Name

Himantolophus Reinhardt, 1837

Gender: masculine

Type species: Himantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1837, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Aegaeonichthys Clarke, 1878
Corynolophus Gill, 1878
Corynophorus Osório, 1912
Lipactis Regan, 1925
Rhynchoceratias Regan, 1925

Himantolophus groenlandicus

References

Reinhardt, J. C. H. (1837) Ichthyologiske bidrag til den Grönlandske fauna. Indledning, indeholdende tillaeg og forandringer i den fabriciske fortegnelse paa Grönlandske hvirveldyr. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger v. 7: 83–196, Pls. 1-8.
Stewart, A.L.; Pietsch, T.W. 2010: A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus Himantolophus (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the Western South Pacific, with comments on the validity of H. pseudalbinares. Zootaxa 2671: 53–60. Preview PDF Reference page.

Links

Himantolophus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).