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Notoscopelus elongatus

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

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

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Scopelus elongatus Costa
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
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Osteoglossocephalai
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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available