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: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes
Familia: Carapidae
Subfamilia: Pyramodontinae
Genus: Pyramodon
Species: P. lindas – P. parini – P. punctatus – P. ventralis
Name
Pyramodon Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1913
Gender: masculine
Type species: Pyramodon ventralis Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
References
Radcliffe, L. 1913. Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the families Brotulidae and Carapidae from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 44 (no. 1948): 135–176, Pls. 7-17.
Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle, and C. R. Robins. 1999. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearl-fishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125.
Pyramodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Pyramodon is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:[2]
Pyramodon lindas Markle & Olney, 1990 (blackedge pearlfish)
Pyramodon parini Markle & Olney, 1990
Pyramodon punctatus (Regan, 1914) (dogtooth pearlfish)
Pyramodon ventralis H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (pallid pearlfish)
References
Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). OPHIDIIFORM FISHES OF THE WORLD (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Species Catalogues. Vol. 17. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 978-92-5-104375-2.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pyramodon in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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