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Sternoptyx Hermann, 1781 
AphiaID: 126199

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Stomiiformes (Order) > Sternoptychidae (Family) > Sternoptychinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Sternoptychinae
Synonymised
taxa		  Sternopteryx (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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

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

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781
Species Sternoptyx obscura Garman, 1899
Species Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird, 1971
Species Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana Borodulina, 1977

Species Sternoptyx olfersii Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Argyropelecus olfersii (Cuvier, 1829)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Image 
Stomiiformes - drawing
Stomiiformes - drawing
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Lewis, Mary ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126199
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-03-05 08:18:02Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sternoptyx Hermann, 1781. 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=126199 on 2013-05-24
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