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Merriamella doryssa

Actinopteri - Atheriniformes - Atherinidae

Taxonomy
Merriamella doryssa was named by Jordan (1907). It is the type species of Merriamella.

It was recombined as Gasterosteus doryssa by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Merriamella doryssa Jordan p. 131 figs. 25, 26
2012Gasterosteus doryssa Fierstine et al. p. 167

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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
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderAtheriniformesRosen 1966
familyAtherinidae
genusMerriamella
speciesdoryssa

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.

†Merriamella doryssa Jordan 1907
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Diagnosis
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