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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: Holcomycteronus
Species: H. aequatoris – H. brucei – H. digittatus – H. profundissimus – H. pterotus – H. squamosus
Name

Holcomycteronus Garman, 1899
References

Garman, S. 1899. The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands … by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 … No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 24: Text: 1–431, Atlas: Pls. 1–85 + A–M.

Holcomycteronus brucei

Holcomycteronus brucei

Holcomycteronus is a genus of cusk-eels. It includes Holcomycteronus profundissimus, long thought to be the deepest-living fish in the world's oceans.
Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus. Many were formerly considered species of Neobythites or Grimaldichthys.[2][3]

Holcomycteronus aequatoris (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
Holcomycteronus brucei (Dollo, 1906)
Holcomycteronus digittatus Garman, 1899
Holcomycteronus profundissimus (Roule, 1913)
Holcomycteronus pterotus (Alcock, 1890)
Holcomycteronus squamosus (Roule, 1916)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Holcomycteronus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Holcomycteronus Garman, 1899". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Holcomycteronus". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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