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Leptocephalus giganteus  Castle, 1959
Taxonomic Serial No.: 635825

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderElopomorpha   
                            OrderAlbuliformes   
                               SuborderNotacanthoidei   
                                  FamilyNotacanthidae  incertae sedis – spiny eels, anguilas espinosas, poissons-tapirs à épines  
                                     SpeciesLeptocephalus giganteus Castle, 1959  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Leptocephalus giganteus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Leptocephali   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 2   
  Page(s): vii + 657-1056   
  Publisher: Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale University   
  Publication Place: New Haven, Connecticut, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-935868-45-3   
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  Reference for: Leptocephalus giganteus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: A larval Notocanthiform eel; See Smith 1989:955, 958 (Smith in Böhlke, E. B. (ed.). Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res. Mem. 1 [part 9]). Not valid as "Leptocephalus" but not assigned to any genus of Notocanthidae  
 

 

    

 
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