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Regalecidae 
AphiaID: 125481

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lampriformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Lampriformes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English oarfishes  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål sildekongefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk sildekongefamilien  [details]
Swedish sillkungfiskar  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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 Genus Agrostichthys Phillipps, 1924
Genus Regalecus Ascanius, 1772

Genus Cephalepis accepted as Trachipterus Goüan, 1770
Genus Gymnetrus accepted as Regalecus Ascanius, 1772
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125481
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Regalecidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125481 on 2013-05-19
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