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Alepisaurus  Lowe, 1833
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162524

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Caulopus Gill, 1863
 
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 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   
                         SuperorderCyclosquamata   
                            OrderAulopiformes  – salmons, aulopiforms  
                               SuborderAlepisauroidei   
                                  FamilyAlepisauridae  – lancetfishes, lanzones, cavalos  
                                     GenusAlepisaurus Lowe, 1833  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Alepisaurus brevirostris Gibbs, 1960 – shortnose lancetfish 
                                        Species Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833 – longnose lancetfish, conejo de lo alto, lanzón picudo 
       

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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: Alepisaurus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Baldwin, Carole C., and G. D. Johnson / Stiassny, M. L .J., L. R. Parenti, and G. D. Johnson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Interrelationships of Aulopiformes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Interrelationships of Fishes   
  Page(s): 355-404   
  Publisher: Academic Press   
  Publication Place: San Diego, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-12-670950-5   
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  Reference for: Alepisaurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
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  Reference for: Alepisaurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Alepisaurus   
       

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