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Chilara taylori (spotted cusk eel)

Osteichthyes - Acropomatiformes - Ophidiidae

Taxonomy
Ophidion taylori was named by Girard (1858). It is extant.

It was recombined as Otophidium taylori by Fitch (1968), Fitch (1970); it was recombined as Chilara taylori by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2019-09-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ophidion taylori Girard
1968Otophidium taylori Fitch p. 24 fig. 3d
1970Otophidium taylori Fitch p. 28 fig. 2f
2012Chilara taylori Fierstine et al. p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderAcropomatiformes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderOphidioidei
familyOphidiidaeRafinesque 1810
genusChilaraJordan and Evermann 1896
speciestaylori(Girard 1858)

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.

Chilara taylori Girard 1858 [spotted cusk eel]
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