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Benthosema pterota

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Scopelus (Myctophum) pterotus was named by Alcock (1891). It is extant.

It was recombined as Benthosema pterota by Fraser-Brunner (1949).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. conentricum
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2024-04-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Scopelus (Myctophum) pterotus Alcock
1949Benthosema pterota Fraser-Brunner p. 1052

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
genusBenthosemaGoode and Bean 1896
speciespterota(Alcock 1891)

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.

Benthosema pterota Alcock 1891
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available