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: Pempheriformes
Familia: Ostracoberycidae
Genus: Ostracoberyx
Species: O. dorygenys – O. fowleri – O. paxtoni
Name
Ostracoberyx Fowler, 1934
References
Ostracoberyx – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Ostracoberyx species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
Ostracoberyx is a genus of shellskin alfonsinos, the only recognized genus in the family Ostracoberycidae. This is a genus of deep-water fishes native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans.[1]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
Ostracoberyx dorygenys Fowler, 1934
Ostracoberyx fowleri Matsubara, 1939
Ostracoberyx paxtoni Quéro & Ozouf-Costaz, 1991 (Spinycheek seabass)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Ostracoberyx in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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