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Chelifichthys

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Gempylidae

Taxonomy
Chelifichthys was named by Carnevale (2006). Its type is Chelifichthys goujeti.

It was assigned to Gempylidae by Carnevale (2006).

Species
C. goujeti (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Chelifichthys Carnevale p. 393

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderScombriformes
familyGempylidaeGill 1862
genusChelifichthys

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.

G. †Chelifichthys Carnevale 2006
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†Chelifichthys goujeti Carnevale 2006
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Carnevale 2006Small gempylid with an elongate, compressed body; relatively high median supraoccipital ridge; frontal and opercular bones sculptured; sclerotics present; ventral margin of the posterodorsal notch of the opercle not spinous; presence of two pointed spines on the posterior edge of the preopercle; parapophyses absent; epineurals simple, attached from vertebrae 1–7, unattached posteriorly; epicentral bones present; pectoral fin contains 16 rays; pectoral fin inserts low on the body; posterior pec- toral-fin rays longer; pectoral fin length equals 115 per cent of body depth; pectoral girdle dorsoventrally compressed; head of the supracleithrum with a posteriorly expanded process; posterior process of the basipterygium elongate; pelvic fin absent; dorsal-fin spines remarkably elongate (111–163 per cent of body depth) and forming a steeply graduated series; longitudinal anterior keel and posterolateral keels of anterior dorsal-fin spines serrated; anterior dorsal fin inserts just posterior to the occipital region of the neurocranium; proximal portion of the three anterior proximal-middle radials expanded as a bony lamina on both sides of the main shaft.