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Argyropelecus

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae

Taxonomy
Argyropelecus was named by Cocco (1829) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Stomiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Sternopthychidae by Girone et al. (2006); and to Sternoptychidae by David (1943), Danil'chenko (1960), Jerzmanska (1968), Constantin (1999), Carnevale (2007), Fierstine et al. (2012), Legendre et al. (2020) and Argyriou (2022).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Argyropelecus Cocco
1943Argyropelecus David p. 10
1960Argyropelecus Danil'chenko p. 28
1968Argyropelecus Jerzmanska p. 401
1999Argyropelecus Constantin
2002Argyropelecus Sepkoski
2006Argyropelecus Girone et al. p. 655
2007Argyropelecus Carnevale
2012Argyropelecus Fierstine et al. p. 47
2020Argyropelecus Legendre et al. p. 12
2022Argyropelecus Argyriou p. 108

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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)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
Stomiatii
orderStomiatiformes
suborderGonostomatoidei
familySternoptychidaeGill 1863
genusArgyropelecusCocco 1829

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.

G. Argyropelecus Cocco 1829
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Argyropelecus affinis Garman 1899
Argyropelecus cosmovicii Cosmovici and Pauca 1943
Argyropelecus logearti Arambourg 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available