Scopelarchidae

Scopelarchus guentheri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alepisauroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Section: Aulopa Ordo: Aulopiformes Subordo: Alepisauroidei

Familia: Scopelarchidae
Genera: Benthalbella – Lagiacrusichthys – Rosenblattichthys – Scopelarchoides – Scopelarchus

Name

Scopelarchidae Alcock, 1896: 306

• Type genus: Scopelarchus Alcock, 1896

References

Primary references

• Alcock, A.W. 1896. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II. No. 23. A supplementary list of the marine fishes of India, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 65 (pt 2, No. 3): 301–338. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Davis, M.P. 2015: Evolutionary Relationships of the Deep-Sea Pearleyes (Aulopiformes: Scopelarchidae) and a New Genus of Pearleye from Antarctic Waters. Copeia, 2015: 64–71. Abstract Reference page. 
• Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.

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