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Bathylagidae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Argentiniformes - Bathylagidae

Taxonomy
Bathylagidae was named as a family. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Bathylaginae by Fierstine et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Stomiatioidei by David (1943); to Salmonoidei by Jordan (1963); to Microstomatidae by Fierstine et al. (2012); and to Argentiniformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Bathylagidae David p. 10
1963Bathylagidae Jordan p. 625
2012Bathylaginae Fierstine et al. p. 42
2013Bathylagidae Betancur et al.
2016Bathylagidae Nelson et al. p. 254

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
Protacanthopterygii()
orderArgentiniformes
familyBathylagidae
familyBathylagidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available