Isopisthus
Sign in to saveIsopisthus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Isopisthus is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to Actinopterygii, fin and Animalia.
Vinony files it under Sciaenidae and Taxa named by Theodore Gill.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilySciaenidae
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- Sciaenidae
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Isopisthus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans.
==Taxonomy== Isopisthus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1862 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with Ancylodon parvipinnis, originally described by Georges Cuvier in 1830 with its type locality given as Cayenne, designated as its type species. This genus has been placed in the subfamily Cynoscioninae by some workers, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sciaenidae which it places in the order Acanthuriformes.
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