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Ceratoscopelus warmingi

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Scopelus warmingi was named by Lütken (1892). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ceratoscopelus townsendi by Fraser-Brunner (1949); it was recombined as Ceratoscopelus warmingi by Schwarzhans (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Scopelus warmingi Lütken
2013Ceratoscopelus warmingi Schwarzhans p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyLampanyctinaePaxton 1972
genusCeratoscopelusGünther 1864
specieswarmingi(Lütken 1892)

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available