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: Opistognathidae
Genus: Lonchopisthus
Species: L. higmani – L. lemur – L. lindneri – L. micrognathus – L. sinuscalifornicus
Name
Lonchopisthus Gill, 1862
References
Lonchopisthus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Lonchopisthus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
Lonchopisthus is a genus of jawfishes native to the tropical West Atlantic (Caribbean Sea) and East Pacific oceans (Gulf of California).[1]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
Lonchopisthus ancistrus Smith-Vaniz & Walsh, 2017 (Hook jawfish)
Lonchopisthus higmani Mead, 1959
Lonchopisthus lemur (G. S. Myers, 1935)
Lonchopisthus micrognathus (Poey, 1860) (Swordtail jawfish)
Lonchopisthus sinuscalifornicus Castro-Aguirre & Villavicencio-Garayzar, 1988 (Longtailed jawfish)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lonchopisthus". FishBase. June 2018 version.
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