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Alepocephalidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162303

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Alepocephalinae
 
    Alepocephaliidae
 
  Common Name(s): slickheads [English]
  
    smoothheads [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 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   
                         SuperorderProtacanthopterygii   
                            OrderOsmeriformes  – argentines, éperlans, argentines, smelts  
                               SuborderArgentinoidei   
                                  SuperfamilyAlepocephaloidea   
                                     FamilyAlepocephalidae  – slickheads, smoothheads  
    Direct Children:  
                                        GenusAlepocephalus Risso, 1820  
                                        GenusAsquamiceps Zugmayer, 1911  
                                        GenusAulastomatomorpha Alcock, 1890  
                                        GenusBajacalifornia Townsend and Nichols, 1925  
                                        GenusBathyprion Marshall, 1966  
                                        GenusBathytroctes Günther, 1878  
                                        GenusConocara Goode and Bean, 1896  
                                        GenusEinara Parr, 1951  
                                        GenusLeptoderma Vaillant, 1886  
                                        GenusMicrophotolepis Sazonov and Parin, 1977  
                                        GenusMirognathus Parr, 1951  
                                        GenusNarcetes Alcock, 1890  
                                        GenusPhotostylus Beebe, 1933  
                                        GenusRinoctes Parr, 1952  
                                        GenusRouleina Jordan, 1923  
                                        GenusTalismania Goode and Bean, 1896  
                                        GenusXenodermichthys Günther, 1878  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Alepocephalidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2   
  Page(s): 159-248   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1092-6194   
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  Reference for: Alepocephalidae   
       
  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   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Alepocephalidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.   
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Alepocephalidae, slickheads [English]   
       

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