WoRMS taxon details
Hyperprosopon Gibbons, 1854
- Species Hyperprosopon argenteum Gibbons, 1854
- Species Hyperprosopon ellipticum (Gibbons, 1854)
- Species Hyperprosopon anale Agassiz, 1861 accepted as Hypocritichthys analis (Agassiz, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Hyperprosopon analis Agassiz, 1861 accepted as Hypocritichthys analis (Agassiz, 1861) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Hyperprosopon argenteus Gibbons, 1854 accepted as Hyperprosopon argenteum Gibbons, 1854 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gibbons, W. P. (1854). Description of four new species of viviparous fish read before the California Academy of Natural Sciences,. <em>Daily Placer Times and Transcript [newspaper].</em> v. 5 (no. 1274): 2, col. 3. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hyperprosopon Gibbons, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269447 on 2026-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Gibbons, W. P. (1854). Description of four new species of viviparous fish read before the California Academy of Natural Sciences,. <em>Daily Placer Times and Transcript [newspaper].</em> v. 5 (no. 1274): 2, col. 3. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
