Parateleopus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ateleopodiformes |
Family: |
Ateleopodidae H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
Genus: |
Parateleopus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
Type species | |
Parateleopus microstomus
H. M. Smith &
Radcliffe, 1912
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Species | |
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Parateleopus is a genus of jellynose fish in the family Ateleopodidae. There are two recognized species: [1]
Parateleopus microstomus was first described in 1912, by Hugh McCormick Smith and Lewis Radcliffe. The species was described based on one specimen, the holotype, caught in the Philippines at around 500 meters. [2]
Parateleopus indicus was originally described as Ateleopus indicus by Alfred William Alcock in 1891, in the Andaman Sea. It was redescriped as a part of the Parateleopus genus in 2017. [3]
Parateleopus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ateleopodiformes |
Family: |
Ateleopodidae H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
Genus: |
Parateleopus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
Type species | |
Parateleopus microstomus
H. M. Smith &
Radcliffe, 1912
| |
Species | |
|
Parateleopus is a genus of jellynose fish in the family Ateleopodidae. There are two recognized species: [1]
Parateleopus microstomus was first described in 1912, by Hugh McCormick Smith and Lewis Radcliffe. The species was described based on one specimen, the holotype, caught in the Philippines at around 500 meters. [2]
Parateleopus indicus was originally described as Ateleopus indicus by Alfred William Alcock in 1891, in the Andaman Sea. It was redescriped as a part of the Parateleopus genus in 2017. [3]