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: Eupercaria
Ordo: Lophiiformes
Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei
Superfamilia: Ogcocephalioidea
Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Zalieutes
Species: Z. elater – Z. mcgintyi
Name
Zalieutes Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Gender: masculine
Type species: Malthe elater Jordan & Gilbert, 1881, by original designation and monotypy.
References
Jordan, D. S. & B. W. Evermann (1896) A check-list of the fishes and fish-like vertebrates of North and Middle America. Report of the United States Fish Commission v. 21 [1895] Append. 5: 207–584.
Bradbury, Margaret G. (2003) Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895: batfishes. Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 17. 1-17. PDF
Links
Zalieutes – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Zalieutes is a fish genus in the family Ogcocephalidae.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
Zalieutes elater D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Roundel batfish)
Zalieutes mcgintyi Fowler, 1952 (Tricorn batfish)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Zalieutes in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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