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Stenobrachius leucopsarus (northern lampfish)

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Myctophum leucopsarum was named by Eigenmann and Eigenmann (1890). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lampanyctus (Stenobrachius) leucopsarum by Fraser-Brunner (1949); it was recombined as Stenobrachius leucopsarum by Fierstine et al. (2012); it was recombined as Stenobrachius leucopsarus by Fitch (1967), Fitch (1968), Fitch (1969), Fitch (1970), Welton (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2019-09-09; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-01-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Myctophum leucopsarum Eigenmann and Eigenmann
1949Lampanyctus (Stenobrachius) leucopsarum Fraser-Brunner p. 1082
1967Stenobrachius leucopsarus Fitch p. 10 fig. 9
1968Stenobrachius leucopsarus Fitch p. 9 fig. 1g
1969Stenobrachius leucopsarus Fitch p. 9
1970Stenobrachius leucopsarus Fitch p. 35 fig. 1j
2012Stenobrachius leucopsarum Fierstine et al. p. 57
2015Stenobrachius leucopsarus Welton p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyLampanyctinaePaxton 1972
genusStenobrachiusEigenmann and Eigenmann 1890
speciesleucopsarus(Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890)

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.

Stenobrachius leucopsarus Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 [northern lampfish]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available