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• Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
  • Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    • Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
      • Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
        • Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
          • Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
            • Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
              • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
                • Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
                  • Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
                    • Subclass: Actinopterygii ()
                      • Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
                        • Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
                          • Order: Aulopiformes ()
                            • Family: Alepisauridae ()
                              • Genus: Alepisaurus () - Lowe, 1833
                                • Specific name: brevirostris - Gibbs, 1960
                                  • Scientific name: - the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
                                  • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Name Status: Accepted Name .
                                    
                                    Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 18-Aug-1994

                                    Similar Species

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                                    Members of the genus Alepisaurus

                                    ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

                                    A. aesculapius (Handsawfish) · A. borealis (Pacific Lancetfish) · A. brevirostris (Shortsnouted Handsawfish) · A. ferox (Long Snouted Lancetfish)

                                    More Info

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                                    Further Reading

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                                    • A checklist of Canadian Atlantic fishes with keys for identification / Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1965 url p. 55, p. 9, p. 93.
                                    • Breviora. 1964 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 10, p. 11, p. 11, p. 11, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 15, fig. 1, page 2, p. 23, p. 3, p. 5, p. 7, p. 7, p. 9.
                                    • Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 209.
                                    • Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url , p. 40.
                                    • Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 336, p. 365.
                                    • Fishes of the families Evermannellidae and Scopelarchidae: systmatics, morphology, interrelationships, and zoogeography / Robert Karl Johnson. 12 1982 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, [1982] url p. 243, p. 73.
                                    • Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. url p. 216.
                                    • Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 11, p. 240.
                                    • Tulane studies in zoology and botany. 29 1993 New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- url p. 31, p. 70.

                                    Notes

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                                    Contributors

                                    • American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
                                    • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
                                    • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
                                    • FishBase
                                    • FishBase 2006.
                                    • FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
                                    • Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
                                    • Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 14, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
                                    • Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
                                    • Thompson, Bruce (from FishBase).

                                    Data Sources

                                    Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
                                    
                                    

                                    • Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Pelagic Fish Observations 1968-1999
                                    • Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
                                    • FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
                                    • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
                                    • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
                                    • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: MAR-ECO
                                    • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1991-1995)
                                    • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Pelagic Fish Observations 1968-1999 (Australian Antarctic Data Centre)
                                    • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
                                    • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data provider for the NIWA Marine Biodata Information System
                                    • Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
                                    • OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
                                    • Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens

                                    Identifiers

                                    • Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119483
                                    • Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29601
                                    • Fishbase Species ID: 2728
                                    • Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13536499
                                    • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162528
                                    • Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101540

                                    Footnotes

                                    1. Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992). Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales ma ... [back]
                                    2. Mean = -1,702.480 meters (-5,585.564 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,340.170 based on 148 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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