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Macrostoma 
AphiaID: 297057

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
Source  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Macrostoma quercinum

Species Macrostoma alatum (Goode & Bean, 1896) accepted as Lampanyctus alatus Goode & Bean, 1896
Species Macrostoma atrum (Tåning, 1928) accepted as Nannobrachium atrum (Tåning, 1928)
Species Macrostoma caudospinosum (Johnson, 1863) accepted as Notoscopelus caudispinosus (Johnson, 1863)
Species Macrostoma crocodilus (Risso, 1810) accepted as Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810)
Species Macrostoma festivum (Tåning, 1928) accepted as Lampanyctus festivus Tåning, 1928
Species Macrostoma gaussi (Brauer, 1906) accepted as Lepidophanes gaussi (Brauer, 1906)
Species Macrostoma grayi Fowler, 1938 accepted as Bolinichthys longipes (Brauer, 1906)
Species Macrostoma guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896) accepted as Lepidophanes guentheri (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Species Macrostoma maderensis (Lowe, 1839) accepted as Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839)
Species Macrostoma photothorax (Parr, 1928) accepted as Bolinichthys photothorax (Parr, 1928)
Species Macrostoma pusillum (Johnson, 1890) accepted as Lampanyctus pusillus (Johnson, 1890)
Environment marine, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:297057
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2008-02-21 16:46:40Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Macrostoma. 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=297057 on 2013-05-24
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