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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSternoptychidae 
AphiaID: 125603

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStomiiformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSternoptychidae (Family)
Status accepted
Rank Family
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStomiiformes
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]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Checked: verified by a taxonomic editormarine hatchetfishes  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorperlemorfiskfamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorperlemorfiskfamilien  [details]
Swedish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorpärlemorfiskar  [details]
Direct child
taxa (21)
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[sort alpha..]		 Subfamily Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMaurolicinae
  » Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAraiophos Grey, 1961
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyripnus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDanaphos Bruun, 1931
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMaurolicus Cocco, 1838
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSonoda Grey, 1959
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorThorophos Bruun, 1931
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorValenciennellus Jordan & Evermann, 1896
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMauroluccius accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMaurolicus Cocco, 1838
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeophos accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorThorophos Bruun, 1931
Subfamily Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSternoptychinae
  » Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus Cocco, 1829
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyipnus Günther, 1887
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSternoptyx Hermann, 1781
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelachus accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus Cocco, 1829
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPleurothyris accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus Cocco, 1829
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolypnus accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyipnus Günther, 1887
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSternopteryx accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSternoptyx Hermann, 1781
» Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSternoptychides accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus Cocco, 1829

Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTriarcus Waite, 1910 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMaurolicus Cocco, 1838
Genus Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorValencienellus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorValenciennellus Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Environment marine
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank  
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Branchiostegal rays 10, except Sternoptyx with 6; 3 on epihyal. Branchiostegal photophores 3-7 (mode 6). Branchiostegal pseudobranch present.  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125603
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2014). Sternoptychidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125603 on 2015-01-29
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