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Leptolepis sprattiformis

Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae

Taxonomy
Clupea sprattiformis was named by Blainville (1818).

It was recombined as Leptolepis sprattiformis by Agassiz (1833), Agassiz (1839), Agassiz (1843).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. attenuatus, L. brevis, L. formosus, L. nathorsti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Clupea sprattiformis Blainville
1833Leptolepis sprattiformis Agassiz p. 13
1839Leptolepis sprattiformis Agassiz figs. Pl 61a, fig 1
1843Leptolepis sprattiformis Agassiz p. 130

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderLeptolepidiformes
familyLeptolepididae
genusLeptolepis
speciessprattiformis(Blainville 1818)

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.

†Leptolepis sprattiformis Blainville 1818
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available