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Ceratoscopelus
Taxonomy
Ceratoscopelus was named by Günther (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Nyctophinae by Weiler (1959); to Myctophidae by Schwarzhans (1978) and Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myctophydae by Girone et al. (2006); to Lampanictini by Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013); to Lampanyctini by Schwarzhans (2013); and to Lampanyctinae by Fierstine et al. (2012), Martin et al. (2018), Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019) and Schwarzhans (2019).
It was assigned to Nyctophinae by Weiler (1959); to Myctophidae by Schwarzhans (1978) and Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myctophydae by Girone et al. (2006); to Lampanictini by Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013); to Lampanyctini by Schwarzhans (2013); and to Lampanyctinae by Fierstine et al. (2012), Martin et al. (2018), Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019) and Schwarzhans (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1864 | Ceratoscopelus Günther |
1959 | Ceratoscopelus Weiler p. 151 |
1978 | Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 12 |
1983 | Ceratoscopelus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512 |
2002 | Ceratoscopelus Sepkoski |
2006 | Ceratoscopelus Girone et al. p. 655 |
2012 | Ceratoscopelus Fierstine et al. p. 52 |
2013 | Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 159 |
2013 | Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 108 |
2018 | Ceratoscopelus Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3 |
2019 | Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans p. 123 |
2019 | Ceratoscopelus Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 369 |
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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. Ceratoscopelus Günther 1864
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Ceratoscopelus maderensis Lowe 1839 [Madeira lantern fish]
†Ceratoscopelus miocenicus Bedini et al. 1986
†Ceratoscopelus priscus Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
†Ceratoscopelus richardsoni Schwarzhans 2019
Ceratoscopelus townsendi Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1889
Ceratoscopelus warmingi Lütken 1892
†Ceratoscopelus weileri Brzobohaty 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available