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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
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Phallostethidae
Genus: Phenacostethus
Species (3): P. posthon – P. smithi – P. trewavasae
Name

Phenacostethus Myers, 1928

Gender: masculine

Type species: Phenacostethus smithi Myers, 1928, by original designation and monotypy.
References

Myers, G. S. (1928) The systematic position of the phallostethid fishes, with diagnosis of a new genus from Siam. American Museum Novitates. 295: 1–12.

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Phenacostethus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Phenacostethus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Phenacostethus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Phenacostethus is a genus of fishes in the family Phallostethidae found in freshwater and brackish habitats in southeast Asia.
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

Phenacostethus posthon T. R. Roberts, 1971
Phenacostethus smithi G. S. Myers, 1928 (Smith's priapium fish)
Phenacostethus trewavasae Parenti, 1986
Phenacostethus sikat Parenti, Lumbantobing & Haryono, 2023

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Phenacostethus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Phenacostethus". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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