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Notoscopelus elongatus

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Scopelus elongatus was named by Costa (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Notoscopelus elongatus by Fraser-Brunner (1949), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Brzobohaty and Nolf (1996), Girone et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2014-08-02

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Scopelus elongatus Costa
1849Scopelus crocodilus Cuvier and Valenciennes
1863Scopelus kroyeri Malm
1891Notoscopelus brachychir Eigenmann and Eigenmann
1891Scopelus pseudocrocodilus Moreau
1895Notoscopelus quercinus Goode and Bean
1896Macrostoma angustidens Jordan and Evermann
1904Notoscopelus ejectus Waite
1949Notoscopelus elongatus Fraser-Brunner p. 1096
1983Notoscopelus elongatus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 159
1996Notoscopelus elongatus Brzobohaty and Nolf p. 160
2006Notoscopelus elongatus Girone et al. p. 656

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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
subfamilyGymnoscopelinae
genusNotoscopelusGuenther 1864
specieselongatus(Costa 1844)

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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Invalid names: Macrostoma angustidens Jordan and Evermann 1896 [synonym], Notoscopelus brachychir Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1891 [synonym], Notoscopelus ejectus Waite 1904 [synonym], Notoscopelus quercinus Goode and Bean 1895 [synonym], Scopelus crocodilus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1849 [synonym], Scopelus kroyeri Malm 1863 [synonym], Scopelus pseudocrocodilus Moreau 1891 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Ionian or 15.98000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Aichi) Notoscopelus elongatus (161449)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Notoscopelus elongatus (207584 207588)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (70491 78437 178120 187503 187504 187506 187507)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Asti) Notoscopelus elongatus (237147)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Notoscopelus elongatus (207591)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (159096)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207569 207571)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Notoscopelus elongatus (207576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (159378 159455)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Notoscopelus elongatus (207577)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207578)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207573 207574 207575)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (159823)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Notoscopelus elongatus (207568)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy Notoscopelus elongatus (159361)