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Amiopsis lepidota

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Megalurus lepidotus was named by Agassiz (1833). Its type specimen is BSP AS I 676, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Amiopsis lepidota by Grande and Bemis (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Megalurus lepidotus Agassiz p. 13
1834Megalurus brevicostatus Agassiz p. 15
1839Megalurus brevicostatus Agassiz figs. Pl 51, fig 3
1842Megalurus lepidotus Agassiz figs. Pl 51a
1843Megalurus lepidotus Agassiz p. 146
1843Megalurus brevicostatus Agassiz p. 147
1863Megalurus grandis Wagner
1998Amiopsis lepidota Grande and Bemis p. 490

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
suborderAmioidei
familyAmiidae
subfamilyAmiopsinae
genusAmiopsisKner 1863
specieslepidota()

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.

Amiopsis lepidota Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Megalurus brevicostatus Agassiz 1834 [synonym], Megalurus grandis Wagner 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:51:40
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:51:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available