Hiodontiformes

Hiodontiformes
Hiodon tergisus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Cohort: Osteoglossomorpha
Order: Hiodontiformes
Taverne, 1979
Type species
Hiodon tergisus
(Lesueur, 1818)
Families

Hiodontidae (mooneyes)

Hiodontiformes /haɪəˈdɒntɪfɔːrmiːz/ is an order of ray-finned fish consisting of the two living species of the mooneye family, Hiodontidae, and three extinct genera.

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

  • 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)

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