Hymenocephalus

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: Paracanthopterygii
Series: Zeiogadaria
Subseries: Gadariae
Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Macrouridae
Subfamilia: Macrourinae
Genus: Hymenocephalus
Species (30/24): H. adelscotti – H. aeger – H. antraeus – H. aterrimus – H. barbatulus – H. billsam – H. fuscus – H. gracilis – H. grimaldii – H. hachijoensis – H. heterolepis – H. italicus – H. iwamotoi – H. kuronumai – H. lethonemus – H. longibarbis – H. longipes – H. maculicaudus – H. megalops – H. nascens – H. neglectissimus – H. nesaeae – H. papyraceus – H. punt – H. sazonovi – H. semipellucidus – H. striatissimus – H. striatulus – H. tenuis – H. torvus – H. yamasakiorum
Name

Hymenocephalus Giglioli in Giglioli & Issel, 1884

Gender: masculine

Type species: Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884
Synonyms

Mystaconurus (subgenus of Macrurus) Günther, 1887
Macrurus (Mystaconurus) Günther, 1887

References

Giglioli, E. H. & Issel, A., 1884: Esplorazione talassografica del Mediterraneo. Pp. 198-270 in Giglioli, E. H. & Issel, A. (eds.): Pelagos, Saggi sulla vita e sui prodotti del mare. Instituto de' Sordo-muti, Genova: 1–417.

Schwarzhans, W. 2014: Head and otolith morphology of the genera Hymenocephalus, Hymenogadus and Spicomacrurus (Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3888(1): 1–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3888.1.1 Reference page.

Links

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

Hymenocephalus italicus

Hymenocephalus is a genus of rattails.
Species

There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:

Hymenocephalus aeger C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Plain-tail whiptail)
Hymenocephalus antraeus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
Hymenocephalus aterrimus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Blackest whiptail)
Hymenocephalus barbatulus C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920
Hymenocephalus billsam N. B. Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
Hymenocephalus fuscus P. J. McMillan & Iwamoto, 2014 (Black membranehead) [2]
Hymenocephalus grimaldii M. C. W. Weber, 1913
Hymenocephalus hachijoensis Okamura, 1970
Hymenocephalus heterolepis (Alcock, 1889)
Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 (Glass-head grenadier)
Hymenocephalus iwamotoi Schwarzhans, 2014 (Iwamoto's whiptail) [3]
Hymenocephalus lethonemus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904
Hymenocephalus longibarbis (Günther, 1887) (Long-barb whiptail)
Hymenocephalus longipes H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Hymenocephalus maculicaudus P. J. McMillan & Iwamoto, 2014 (Spotty-tail membranehead) [2]
Hymenocephalus megalops Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997 (Big-eye whiptail)
Hymenocephalus nascens C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Nascent membranehead)
Hymenocephalus neglectissimus Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
Hymenocephalus nesaeae Merrett & Iwamoto, 2000
Hymenocephalus papyraceus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904
Hymenocephalus punt Schwarzhans, 2014 [3]
Hymenocephalus sazonovi Schwarzhans, 2014 [3]
Hymenocephalus semipellucidus Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
Hymenocephalus striatissimus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904
Hymenocephalus striatulus C. H. Gilbert, 1905
Hymenocephalus torvus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Hymenocephalus yamasakiorum Nakayama, Endo & Schwarzhans, 2015 (Black-tailed membranehead) [4]

References

Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011.
McMillan, P. & Iwamoto, T. (2014): Descriptions of four species of grenadier fishes of the genera Hymenocephalus and Hymenogadus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the New Zealand region and Tasman Sea, including two new species of Hymenocephalus. Zootaxa, 3856 (1): 117–134.
Schwarzhans, W. (2014): Head and otolith morphology of the genera Hymenocephalus, Hymenogadus and Spicomacrurus (Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, 3888 (1): 1–73.
Nakayama, N., Endo, H. & Schwarzhans, W. (2015): A new grenadier of the genus Hymenocephalus from Tosa Bay, southern Japan (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae). Ichthyological Research, 62 (4): 504-511.