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Benthosema Goode & Bean, 1896 
AphiaID: 125815

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Myctophiformes (Order) > Myctophidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Myctophidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Bentosema (misspelling)
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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

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

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Species Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837)
Species Benthosema panamense (Tåning, 1932)
Species Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)
Species Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913)

Species Benthosema fibulata (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) accepted as Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Species Benthosema glacialis (Reinhardt, 1837) accepted as Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837)
Species Benthosema imitator (Parr, 1928) accepted as Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913)
Species Benthosema pinchoti Fowler, 1932 accepted as Benthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Species Benthosema pterota (Alcock, 1890) accepted as Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)
Species Benthosema ptertum (Alcock, 1890) accepted as Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)
Species Benthosema simile (Tåning, 1928) accepted as Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125815
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-06 06:55:51Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-08 15:41:42Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Benthosema Goode & Bean, 1896. 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=125815 on 2013-05-19
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