Hymenocephalus billsam Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hymenocephalus billsam Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
- Name authority
- Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Hymenocephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGadiformes
- familyMacrouridae Bonaparte, 1831
- subfamilyMacrourinae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusHymenocephalus Giglioli, 1884
- speciesHymenocephalus billsam Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hymenocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hymenocephalus antraeus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus barbatulus Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus grimaldii Weber, 1913 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus hachijoensis Okamura, 1970 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| glasshead grenadierHymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus longipes Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus maculicaudus McMillan & Iwamoto, 2014 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus torvus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus megalops Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus iwamotoi Schwarzhans, 2014 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus aeger Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hymenocephalus aterrimus Gilbert, 1905 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hymenocephalus billsamorum Iwamoto, 1990 Iwamoto, 1990 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Marshall, N. B., & Iwamoto, T. (1973). Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research, Genus Coelorhynchus (pp. 538–563), Genus Coryphaenoides (pp. 565–580), Genus Hymenocephalus (pp. 601–612), Genus Nezumia (pp. 624–649) Mem. 1 (pt 6). Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3NJ8P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.