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Alepisaurus Lowe, 1833 
AphiaID: 125661

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Aulopiformes (Order) > Alepisauridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833
Parent Alepisauridae
Synonymised
taxa		  Alepidosaurus
 Plagyodus
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]

additional source: Lowe, R.T. 1833 (10 Oct.). Description of Alepisaurus, a new genus of fishes. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1833 (pt 1): 104.
page(s): 104 [details]

basis of record (from synonym): FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Alepisaurus brevirostris Gibbs, 1960
Species Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833

Species Alepisaurus altivelis Poey, 1860 accepted as Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833
Species Alepisaurus azureus Valenciennes, 1850 accepted as Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833
Species Alepisaurus borealis Gill, 1862 accepted as Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833
Species Alepisaurus richardsonii Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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Notes  Habitat: Epipelagic [details]

Habitat: Mesopelagic [details]
Image 
Alepisaurus ferox
[image from typetaxon]
Alepisaurus ferox
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sean Smith ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125661
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Alepisaurus Lowe, 1833. 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=125661 on 2013-06-19
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