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Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847) 
AphiaID: 272157

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beloniformes (Order) > Exocoetidae (Family) > Cheilopogon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cheilopogon Lowe, 1841
Synonymised
taxa
  Cypselurus melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847)
Exocoetus lutkeni Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Exocoetus melanurus Valenciennes, 1847
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272157
Taxonomic
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847). 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=272157 on 2013-05-21
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