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Simenchelyinae (disused)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Synaphobranchidae

Taxonomy
Simenchelyidae was named as a family. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Simenchelyinae by Nelson et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Anguilloidei by Jordan (1963); and to Synaphobranchidae by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Simenchelyidae Jordan p. 630
2016Simenchelyinae Nelson et al. p. 141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
suborderSynaphobranchoidei
familySynaphobranchidae
subfamilySimenchelyinae
subfamilySimenchelyinae

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
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