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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
Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala
Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha
Ordo: Hiodontiformes

Familia: Hiodontidae
Genus: Hiodon
Species: H. alosoides – †H. consteniorum – †H. rosei – H. tergisus – †H. woodruffi
Name

Hiodon Lesueur, 1818
Synonyms

Amphiodon Rafinesque, 1819
Clodalus Rafinesque, 1820
Elattonistius Gill & Jordan in Jordan, 1877
Eohiodon Cavender, 1966
Glossodon Rafinesque, 1819

Hiodon tergisus

Hiodon tergisus, NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

References

Lesueur, C.A. 1818: Description of several new species of North American fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1(pt 2): 222–235; 359-368, Pls. 10, 11, 14. BHL
Hilton, E. J. & Grande, L. 2008; "Fossil Mooneyes (Teleostei: Hiodontiformes, Hiodontidae) from the Eocene of western North America, with a reassessment of their taxonomy" in "Birth of the modern world: the Tertiary" Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295:221-251

Links

Hiodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Hiodon in the World Register of Marine Species
Hiodon species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Hiodon 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.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Mondaugen
English: Mooneyes
Türkçe: Aygözlüler

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