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Gnathophis meridies

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Conger meridies was named by Frizzell and Lamber (1962). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Scalanago meridies by Schwarzhans (1980); it was recombined as Gnathophis meridies by Ebersole et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Conger meridies Frizzell and Lamber p. 97 figs. Figures 2a-b, 11a-d
1980Scalanago meridies Schwarzhans p. 28
2019Gnathophis meridies Ebersole et al. p. 192

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusGnathophisKaup 1860
speciesmeridies()

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.

Gnathophis meridies Frizzell and Lamber 1962
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Diagnosis
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