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Alepocephali

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Alepocephali was named as an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was reranked as the superorder Alepocephali by Nelson et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Otomorpha by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Otocephala by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Alepocephali Betancur et al.
2016Alepocephali Nelson et al. p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Alepocephali
Alepocephali

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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G. Alepocephalus Goode and Bean 1879
G. †Palaeotroctes Danil'chenko 1960
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Palaeotroctes strictus Danil'chenko 1960
G. Xenodermichthys Günther 1878
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Xenodermichthys catulus Schubert 1908
Xenodermichthys senesi Nolf and Brzobohaty 1994
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G. †Vachalia Přikryl and Carnevale 2020
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Vachalia moraviensis Přikryl and Carnevale 2020
Invalid names: Bathylaconidae Parr 1948 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available