Solocisquama

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: Lophiiformes
Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei
Superfamilia: Ogcocephalioidea

Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Solocisquama
Species: S. carinata – S. erythrina – S. stellulata
Name

Solocisquama Bradbury, 1999

Gender: feminine

Type species: Dibranchus stellulatus Gilbert, 1905, by original designation.
References

Bradbury, Margaret G. (1999) A review of the fish genus Dibranchus with descriptions of new species and a new genus Solocisquama (Lophiiformes, Ogcocephalidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 51 (no. 5): 259–310.
Bradbury, Margaret G. (2003) Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895: batfishes. Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 17. 1-17. PDF

Links

Solocisquama – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Solocisquama is a fish genus in the family Ogcocephalidae.
Species

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

Solocisquama carinata Bradbury, 1999
Solocisquama erythrina C. H. Gilbert, 1905
Solocisquama stellulata C. H. Gilbert, 1905

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Solocisquama in FishBase. April 2012 version.