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Alepocephalus  Risso, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162308

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                                        GenusAlepocephalus Risso, 1820  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Alepocephalus agassizii Goode and Bean, 1883 – Agassiz's smoothhead 
                                           Species Alepocephalus andersoni Fowler, 1934  
                                           Species Alepocephalus antipodianus (Parrott, 1948)  
                                           Species Alepocephalus asperifrons Garman, 1899  
                                           Species Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923  
                                           Species Alepocephalus bairdii Goode and Bean, 1879 – Baird's smoothhead 
                                           Species Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock, 1891  
                                           Species Alepocephalus blanfordii Alcock, 1892  
                                           Species Alepocephalus dentifer Sazonov and Ivanov, 1979  
                                           Species Alepocephalus fundulus Garman, 1899  
                                           Species Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909  
                                           Species Alepocephalus longirostris Okamura and Kawanishi in Okamura and Kitajima, 1984  
                                           Species Alepocephalus melas de Buen, 1961  
                                           Species Alepocephalus owstoni Tanaka, 1908  
                                           Species Alepocephalus planifrons Sazonov, 1993  
                                           Species Alepocephalus productus Gill, 1883 – smalleye smoothhead 
                                           Species Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820  
                                           Species Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert, 1892  
                                           Species Alepocephalus triangularis Okamura and Kawanishi in Okamura and Kitajima, 1984  
                                           Species Alepocephalus umbriceps Jordan and Thompson, 1914  
       

 References
       
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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: Alepocephalus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Alepocephalus   
       
  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: Alepocephalus   
       

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