Macrorhamphosodes

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: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Triacanthodidae
Genus: Macrorhamphosodes
Species (2): M. platycheilus – M. uradoi
Name

Macrorhamphosodes Fowler, 1934: 364

Type species: Macrorhamphosodes platycheilus Fowler, 1934, by original designation and monotypy.
References
Primary references

Fowler, H.W. 1934. Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 85: 233–367.

Macrorhamphosodes is a genus of spikefishes native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Macrorhamphosodes platycheilus Fowler, 1934 (Trumpetsnout spikefish)
Macrorhamphosodes uradoi Kamohara, 1933 (Trumpetsnout)

References

Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.