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: Ovalentaria
Familia: Embiotocidae
Genus: Hyperprosopon
Species: H. anale – H. argenteum – H. ellipticum
Name
Hyperprosopon Gibbons, 1854: 2
Type species: Hyperprosopon argenteus Gibbons, 1854
Type by monotypy
Gender: neuter
Synonyms
Bramopsis A. Agassiz, 1861
Ennichthys Girard, 1855
Tocichthys Hubbs, 1918
References
Gibbons, W.P. 1854: Description of four new species of viviparous fish, read before the California Academy of Natural Sciences, Monday evening, May 15, 1854. Daily Placer Times and Transcript, Wednesday, May 18, 1854, page 2, column 3 [newspaper]. [Also published later in 1854 as "Description of four new species of viviparous fishes from Sacramento River, and the Bay of San Francisco" in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 7: 105–106]
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Hyperprosopon argenteum
Hyperprosopon is a genus of surfperches native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
Hyperprosopon anale Agassiz, 1861 (Spotfin surfperch)
Hyperprosopon argenteum Gibbons, 1854 (Walleye surfperch)
Hyperprosopon ellipticum (Gibbons, 1854) (Silver surfperch)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hyperprosopon in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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