Hiodontiformes /haɪəˈdɒntɪfɔːrmiːz/ is an order of ray-finned fish consisting of the two living species of the mooneye family, Hiodontidae, and three extinct genera.
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| Hiodon tergisus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Cohort: | Osteoglossomorpha |
| Order: | Hiodontiformes Taverne, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| Hiodon tergisus (Lesueur, 1818)
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Hiodontidae (mooneyes) | |
These are traditionally classified within the order Osteoglossiformes, a placement some authorities still follow. Fossil study of the extinct genus Yanbiania suggests that the hiodontids separated from other osteoglossomorphs early and thus may deserve a separate order.[citation needed]
Taxonomy
edit- Order Hiodontiformes McAllister 1968 sensu Taverne 1979
- Genus †Chetungichthys Chang & Chou 1977
- †Chetungichthys brevicephalus Chang & Chou 1977
- †Chetungichthys dalinghensis Su 1991
- Genus †Yanbiania Li 1987
- †Yanbiania wangqingica Li 1987
- Genus †Plesiolycoptera Zhang & Zhou 1976
- †Plesiolycoptera daqingensis Zhang & Zhou 1976
- †Plesiolycoptera parvus ((Sytchevskaya, 1986) (syn Eohiodon (Gobihiodon) parvus Sytchevskaya, 1986)
- Family Hiodontidae (mooneyes) Valenciennes 1846 sensu stricto
- Genus Hiodon Lesueur 1818 [(syn: Amphiodon Rafinesque 1819 non Huber 1909; Hiodon (Amphiodon) (Rafinesque 1819); Hiodon (Clodalus) Rafinesque 1820; Clodalus (Rafinesque 1820); Hiodon (Elattonistius) Gill & Jordan ex Jordan 1877; Elattonistius (Gill & Jordan ex Jordan 1877); Glossodon Rafinesque 1818 non Heckel 1843; Eohiodon Cavender 1966)
- Hiodon alosoides (goldeye) (Rafinesque 1819)
- †Hiodon consteniorum Li & Wilson 1994
- †Hiodon falcatus (Grande, 1979) (syn Eohiodon falcatus (Grande, 1979))
- †Hiodon rosei (Hussakof 1916) (syn Eohiodon rosei (Hussakof 1916); Leucisus rosei Hussakof, 1916)
- Hiodon tergisus (mooneye) Lesueur 1818
- †Hiodon woodruffi Wilson, 1978
- †Hiodon shuyangensis Shen 1989 (nom dubium, possibly an immature Phareodus)
- Genus Hiodon Lesueur 1818 [(syn: Amphiodon Rafinesque 1819 non Huber 1909; Hiodon (Amphiodon) (Rafinesque 1819); Hiodon (Clodalus) Rafinesque 1820; Clodalus (Rafinesque 1820); Hiodon (Elattonistius) Gill & Jordan ex Jordan 1877; Elattonistius (Gill & Jordan ex Jordan 1877); Glossodon Rafinesque 1818 non Heckel 1843; Eohiodon Cavender 1966)
- Genus †Chetungichthys Chang & Chou 1977
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Order Hiodontiformes". FishBase.
- ^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-06-24.