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Hygophum reinhardtii

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

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

It was recombined as Hygophum reinhardtii by Fraser-Brunner (1949).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. hygomii

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Scopelus reinhardtii Lütken
1899Myctophum atratum Garman
1949Hygophum reinhardtii Fraser-Brunner p. 1050

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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
subfamilyMyctophinaeFowler 1925
genusHygophumBolin 1939
speciesreinhardtii(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.

Hygophum reinhardtii Lütken 1892
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Invalid names: Myctophum atratum Garman 1899 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available