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Ophidium
C. Linnaeus, 1766
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Taxon:
Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Class Osteichthyes
....................................Subclass Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes
......................................Infraclass Actinopteri
........................................Superdivision Neopterygii
..........................................Division Halecostomi
............................................Subdivision Teleostei
..............................................Infradivision Elopocephala
................................................Cohort Clupeocephala
..................................................Subcohort Euteleostei
....................................................Infracohort Neognathi
......................................................Division Neoteleostei
........................................................Subdivision Eurypterygii
..........................................................Infradivision Ctenosquamata
............................................................Acanthomorpha
..............................................................Superorder Paracanthopterygii
................................................................Order Ophidiiformes
..................................................................Family Ophidiidae - cuskeels
....................................................................Genus Leptobrotula
....................................................................Subfamily Brotulinae
....................................................................Subfamily Brotulotaeniinae
....................................................................Subfamily Neobythitinae
....................................................................Subfamily Ophidiinae
....................................................................(Genus Ophidium)
Authorship
Original name
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. nat., ed. 10. 1..
: 259
Original rank
Subsequent spelling
Linnaeus, C. 1766. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1.
: 431
Types
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Ophidiidae
(Family)
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Different spelling
Ophidion
(Genus)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Combinations
Basionym
Ophidion
(Genus)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Apodes
(Order)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Subsequent position
Ophidiidae
(Family)
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012