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Platybelone argalus platyura  (Bennett, 1832)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 165590

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Belone platyura Bennett, 1832
  
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  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   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderBeloniformes  – aiguilles de mer, orphies, needlefishes  
                               SuborderBelonoidei   
                                  SuperfamilyScomberesocoidea   
                                     FamilyBelonidae  – needlefishes, agujones, aiguillettes  
                                        GenusPlatybelone Fowler, 1919  
                                           SpeciesPlatybelone argalus (Lesueur, 1821) – keeltail needlefish, agujón de quilla, agujón aquillado  
                                              SubspeciesPlatybelone argalus platyura (Bennett, 1832)  
       

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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: Platybelone argalus platyura   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collette, Bruce B.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Belonidae Bonaparte 1832: Needlefishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 16   
  Page(s): 1-22   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-150X   
  Notes: Submitted as a CD-ROM that meets the requirements of Article 8.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999)   
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