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Lophius brachysomus

Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae

Taxonomy
Lophius brachysomus was named by Agassiz (1835). Its type specimen is MNHN Bol 42/43, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Caruso brachysomus by Carnevale and Pietsch (2012), Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Lophius brachysomus Agassiz p. 34
1839Lophius brachysomus Agassiz figs. Pl 40, figs 1-4
1843Lophius brachysomus Agassiz p. 114
2006Lophius brachysomus Schultz p. 431
2012Caruso brachysomus Carnevale and Pietsch p. 49 figs. Figs 1–8
2014Caruso brachysomus Bannikov p. 26
2014Caruso brachysomus Carnevale et al. p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderLophiiformes
suborderLophioideiCuvier
familyLophiidaeCuvier
genusLophius
speciesbrachysomus

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.

†Lophius brachysomus Agassiz 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available