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Holcomycteronus Garman, 1899 
AphiaID: 125860

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Ophidiiformes (Order) > Ophidiidae (Family) > Neobythitinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Neobythitinae
Synonymised
taxa		  Grimaldichthys
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

basis of record (from synonym): FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Holcomycteronus aequatoris (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
Species Holcomycteronus brucei (Dollo, 1906)
Species Holcomycteronus digittatus Garman, 1899
Species Holcomycteronus profundissimus (Roule, 1913)
Species Holcomycteronus pterotus (Alcock, 1890)
Species Holcomycteronus squamosus (Roule, 1916)

Species Holcomycteronus koefoedi (Nybelin, 1954) accepted as Holcomycteronus squamosus (Roule, 1916)
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125860
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Holcomycteronus Garman, 1899. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125860 on 2013-06-18
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