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Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888 
AphiaID: 236139

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Osmeriformes (Order) > Alepocephalidae (Family) > Alepocephalus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Basionym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888)
Rank Species
Parent Alepocephalus
Sources  basis of record: Eschmeyer, N.M., K.V. Rama-Rao & L.E. Hallacher (1979). Fishes of the Scorpionfish subfamily Choridactylinae from the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. Vol.XLI (21): 475-500. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

source of synonymy: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (Deepsea): Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System , available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/collections/collections-management [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To FishBase
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236139
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-01-02 16:02:37Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant, 1888. 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=236139 on 2013-05-22
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