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Hyperprosopon

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Embiotocidae
Genus: Hyperprosopon
Species: H. anale - H. argenteum - H. ellipticum

Name

Hyperprosopon Gibbons, 1854: 2

* Type species: Hyperprosopon argenteus Gibbons, 1854
* Type by monotypy
* Gender: neuter


Synonyms

* Bramopsis A. Agassiz, 1861
* Ennichthys Girard, 1855
* Tocichthys Hubbs, 1918


References

* Gibbons, W.P. 1854: Description of four new species of viviparous fish, read before the California Academy of Natural Sciences, Monday evening, May 15, 1854. Daily Placer Times and Transcript, Wednesday, May 18, 1854, page 2, column 3 [newspaper]. [Also published later in 1854 as "Description of four new species of viviparous fishes from Sacramento River, and the Bay of San Francisco" in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 7: 105-106]


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