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Ceratoscopelus maderensis (Madeira lantern fish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Scopelus maderensis was named by Lowe (1839). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ceratoscopelus maderensis by Schwarzhans (1978) and Girone et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. warmingii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Scopelus maderensis Lowe
1978Ceratoscopelus maderensis Schwarzhans p. 12
2006Ceratoscopelus maderensis Girone et al. p. 655

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyLampanyctinaePaxton 1972
genusCeratoscopelusGünther 1864
speciesmaderensis(Lowe 1839)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ceratoscopelus maderensis Lowe 1839 [Madeira lantern fish]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207587 207589)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207593)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Zakynthos) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207583)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207591 207592)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Ceratoscopelus maderensis (210256 210257 223700)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207769)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (223702 223703)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Ceratoscopelus maderensis (210258)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207357)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy Ceratoscopelus maderensis (57058)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Ceratoscopelus maderensis (159096)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207580 207581)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207569 207571)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Ceratoscopelus maderensis (159378 159455 159823)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207577)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207578)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Ceratoscopelus maderensis (159140)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Ceratoscopelus maderensis (207568 207570)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy Ceratoscopelus maderensis (159361)