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Plecoglossus altivelis  (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162027

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): ayu [English]
  
    sweetfish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - 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   
                         SuperorderProtacanthopterygii   
                            OrderOsmeriformes  – argentines, éperlans, argentines, smelts  
                               SuborderOsmeroidei   
                                  SuperfamilyOsmeroidea   
                                     FamilyOsmeridae  – smelts, capellanes, éperlans  
                                        GenusPlecoglossus Temminck and Schlegel, 1846 – ayu  
                                           SpeciesPlecoglossus altivelis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) – ayu, sweetfish  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SubspeciesPlecoglossus altivelis altivelis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)  
                                              SubspeciesPlecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis Nishida, 1988  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Plecoglossus altivelis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Plecoglossus altivelis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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   
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  Reference for: Plecoglossus altivelis   
       

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