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Ceratoscopelus Günther, 1864 
AphiaID: 125818

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
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]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839)
Species Ceratoscopelus townsendi (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
Species Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892)

Species Ceratoscopelus madeirensis (Lowe, 1839) accepted as Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839)
Species Ceratoscopelus warmingi (Lütken, 1892) accepted as Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: Mesopelagic [details]

Habitat: Epipelagic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125818
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-11 10:36:30Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Ceratoscopelus Günther, 1864. 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=125818 on 2013-05-22
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