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Taxon: Family Melanostomiidae (fish)
Classification by:

living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                 Order Salmoniformes Bleeker, 1859 - trout, salmon, and whitefish
                   Suborder Stomioidei
                     Family Melanostomiidae see Subfamily Melanostomiinae Parr, 1927
                       1 Genus Bathophilus Giglioli, 1882 - dragonfish
                       2 Genus Chirostomias Regan & Trewavas, 1930
                       3 Genus Echiostoma Lowe, 1843
                       4 Genus Eustomias Vaillant, 1884
                       5 Genus Tactostoma Bolin, 1939
                       6 Genus Photonectes Günther, 1887

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