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Aploactinidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 167063

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): little velvetfishes [English]
  
    velvetfishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 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   
                            OrderScorpaeniformes  – chabots, rascasses, mail-cheeked fishes, scorpion fishes, sculpins  
                               SuborderScorpaenoidei   
                                  FamilyAploactinidae  – little velvetfishes, velvetfishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Acanthosphex Fowler, 1938  
                                     Genus Adventor Whitley, 1952  
                                     Genus Aploactisoma Castelnau, 1872  
                                     Genus Bathyaploactis Whitley, 1933  
                                     Genus Coccotropsis Barnard, 1927  
                                     Genus Cocotropus Kaup, 1858  
                                     Genus Erisphex Jordan and Starks, 1904  
                                     Genus Kanekonia Tanaka, 1915  
                                     Genus Matsubarichthys Poss and Johnson, 1991  
                                     Genus Neoaploactis Eschmeyer and Allen, 1978  
                                     Genus Paraploactis Bleeker, 1864  
                                     Genus Peristrominous Whitley, 1952  
                                     Genus Prosoproctus Poss and Eschmeyer, 1979  
                                     Genus Pseudopataecus Johnson, 2004  
                                     Genus Ptarmus Smith, 1947  
                                     Genus Sthenopus Richardson, 1848  
                                     Genus Xenaploactis Poss and Eschmeyer, 1980  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Aploactinidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hureau, J.-C., and Th. Monod, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1973   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (Clofnam), vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxii + 683   
  Publisher: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-3-001100-2, 0385-1109  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Aploactinidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  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: Aploactinidae   
       
  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: little velvetfishes[English]   
       

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