Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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: Beloniformes
Subordo: Belonoidei
Superfamilia: Scomberesocoidea
Familia: Belonidae
Genus: Xenentodon
Species: X. cancila – X. canciloides
Name
Xenentodon Regan, 1911
Gender: masculine
Type species: Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822, by subsequent designation by Jordan, 1920.
References
Regan, C. T. (1911) The classification of the teleostean fishes of the order Synentognathi. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) 7(40): 327–335, Pl. 9.
Links
Xenentodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Xenentodon is a genus of needlefishes native to Asia. It is one of ten genera in the family Belonidae.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
Xenentodon cancila (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Freshwater Garfish)
Xenentodon canciloides (Bleeker, 1854)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Xenentodon in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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