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Xiphiorhynchus elegans

Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Xiphiorhynchus elegans Van Beneden p. 499
1966Xiphiorhynchus elegans Casier p. 309
2004Xiphiorhynchus elegans Monsch p. 460
2006Xiphiorhynchus elegans Fierstine p. 440
2007Xiphiorhynchus elegans Fierstine and Stringer p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
orderIstiophoriformes
familyXiphiidaeSwainson 1839
subfamilyXiphiorhynchinaeRegan 1909
genusXiphiorhynchusVan Beneden 1871
specieselegans

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.

†Xiphiorhynchus elegans Van Beneden 1871
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
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