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Electrona

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Electrona was named by Goode and Bean (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Myctophydae by Goode and Bean (1896); to Myctophidae by Schwarzhans (1978); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myctophini by Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans (2013) and Schwarzhans and Aguilera (2013); and to Myctophinae by Fierstine et al. (2012), Martin et al. (2018), Schwarzhans and Ohe (2019) and Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Electrona Goode and Bean
1896Electrona Goode and Bean
1978Electrona Schwarzhans p. 15
1980Electrona Schwarzhans p. 50
2002Electrona Sepkoski
2012Electrona Fierstine et al. p. 50
2013Electrona Schwarzhans p. 159
2013Electrona Schwarzhans and Aguilera p. 97
2018Electrona Martin et al. p. 79 figs. Table 3
2019Electrona Schwarzhans p. 116
2019Electrona Schwarzhans and Ohe p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyMyctophinaeFowler 1925
genusElectronaGoode and Bean 1895

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. Electrona Goode and Bean 1895
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Subg. Electrona (Electrona) Goode and Bean 1896
Electrona anfossimosnai Schwarzhans 1978
Electrona keyesi Schwarzhans 1980
Electrona risso Cocco 1829
Electrona rissoi Cocco 1829
Electrona subasperoides Schwarzhans 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available