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: Zenarchopteridae
Genus: Zenarchopterus
Species: Z. alleni – Z. buffonis – Z. caudovittatus – Z. clarus – Z. dispar – Z. dunckeri – Z. dux – Z. ectuntio – Z. gilli – Z. kampeni – Z. novaeguineae – Z. ornithocephala – Z. pappenheimi – Z. philippinus – Z. quadrimaculatus – Z. rasori – Z. robertsi – Z. striga – Z. xiphophorus
Name
Zenarchopterus Gill, 1864
Gender: masculine
Type species: Hemiramphus dispar Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847, by original designation and monotypy.
Synonyms
Labidorhamphus Fowler, 1905
Grecarchopterus Mohsen, 1962
References
Gill, T. N. (1864) Note on the genera of Hemirhamphinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 272–273.
Links
Zenarchopterus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Zenarchopterus is a genus of viviparous halfbeaks. These fish are found in marine, brackish and fresh water of the Indo-Pacific region. Despite being in the viviparous halfbeak family, Zenarchopterus species are oviparous.[1]
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Zenarchopterus alleni Collette, 1982 (Allen's river garfish)
Zenarchopterus buffonis (Valenciennes, 1847) (Buffon's river garfish)
Zenarchopterus caudovittatus (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Long-jawed river garfish)
Zenarchopterus clarus Mohr, 1926
Zenarchopterus dispar (Valenciennes, 1847) (Feathered river garfish)
Zenarchopterus dunckeri Mohr, 1926 (Duncker's river garfish)
Zenarchopterus dux Seale, 1910
Zenarchopterus ectuntio (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Zenarchopterus gilli H. M. Smith, 1945 (Viviparous halfbeak)
Zenarchopterus kampeni (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Sepik River halfbeak)
Zenarchopterus novaeguineae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Fly River garfish)
Zenarchopterus ornithocephala Collette, 1985 (Vogelkop river garfish)
Zenarchopterus pappenheimi Mohr, 1926 (Bangkok halfbeak)
Zenarchopterus philippinus (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
Zenarchopterus quadrimaculatus Mohr, 1926
Zenarchopterus rasori (Popta, 1912) (Short river garfish)
Zenarchopterus robertsi Collette, 1982 (Robert's river garfish)
Zenarchopterus striga (Blyth, 1858) (Hooghly halfbeak)
Zenarchopterus xiphophorus Mohr, 1934
References
Berra, T.M. (2001). Freshwater Fish Distribution. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-12-093156-9
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Zenarchopterus in FishBase. August 2012 version.
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