Allocyttus niger

Taxonavigation: Zeioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii Series: Zeiogadaria Subseries: Zeiariae Ordo: Zeiformes Subordo: Zeioidei

Familia: Oreosomatidae
Subfamilia: Oreosomatinae
Genus: Allocyttus
Species: Allocyttus niger

Name

Allocyttus niger James et al., 1988

• Holotype: NMNZ P.15939.
• Paratypes: CAS 59664-66 (1, 1, 2); FSFL [= FSFRL] EA530 (1); NMNZ P.15940 (1), P.15941 (1), P.14942-43 (2), P.15947 (1).

Type locality: Chatham Rise, off New Zealand, 44°06'S, 178°24'E, depth 960-1015 meters.

Vernacular names

English: Black Oreo

References

• Forman, J.S., Horn, P.L. & Stevens, D.W. 2016. Diets of deepwater oreos (Oreosomatidae) and orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus. Journal of Fish Biology. 88(6): 2275–2302. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12982 Reference page. 
• James, G.D., Inada, T. & Nakamura, I. 1988. Revision of the oreosomatid fishes (family Oreosomatidae) from the southern oceans, with a description of a new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 291–326. Reference page. 

Links

• Allocyttus niger in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Allocyttus niger in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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