Hiodontiformes 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.
Taxonomy
- Order Hiodontiformes <small>McAllister 1968 sensu Taverne 1979</small>
- Genus â Chetungichthys <small>Chang & Chou 1977</small>
- â Chetungichthys brevicephalus <small>Chang & Chou 1977</small>
- â Chetungichthys dalinghensis <small>Su 1991</small>
- Genus â Yanbiania <small>Li 1987</small>
- â Yanbiania wangqingica <small>Li 1987</small>
- Genus â Plesiolycoptera <small>Zhang & Zhou 1976</small>
- â Plesiolycoptera daqingensis <small>Zhang & Zhou 1976</small>
- â Plesiolycoptera parvus (<small>(Sytchevskaya, 1986)</small> (syn Eohiodon (Gobihiodon) parvus <small>Sytchevskaya, 1986</small>)
- Family Hiodontidae (mooneyes) <small>Valenciennes 1846 sensu stricto</small>
- Genus Hiodon <small>Lesueur 1818</small> [(syn: Amphiodon <small>Rafinesque 1819 non Huber 1909</small>; Hiodon (Amphiodon) <small>(Rafinesque 1819)</small>; Hiodon (Clodalus) <small>Rafinesque 1820</small>; Clodalus <small>(Rafinesque 1820)</small>; Hiodon (Elattonistius) <small>Gill & Jordan ex Jordan 1877</small>; Elattonistius <small>(Gill & Jordan ex Jordan 1877)</small>; Glossodon <small>Rafinesque 1818 non Heckel 1843</small>; Eohiodon <small>Cavender 1966</small>)
- Hiodon alosoides (goldeye) <small>(Rafinesque 1819)</small>
- â Hiodon consteniorum <small>Li & Wilson 1994</small>
- â Hiodon falcatus <small>(Grande, 1979)</small> (syn Eohiodon falcatus <small>(Grande, 1979)</small>)
- â Hiodon rosei <small>(Hussakof 1916)</small> (syn Eohiodon rosei <small>(Hussakof 1916)</small>; Leucisus rosei <small>Hussakof, 1916</small>)
- Hiodon tergisus (mooneye) <small>Lesueur 1818</small>
- â Hiodon woodruffi <small>Wilson, 1978</small>
- â Hiodon shuyangensis <small>Shen 1989</small> (nom dubium, possibly an immature Phareodus)
References
External links
- [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Hiodontiformes&contgroup=Osteoglossomorpha Tree of Life entry for Hiodontiformes]