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Taxon: Order Notacanthiformes Goodrich, 1909 - halosaurs and deep-sea spiny eels (fish)
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Authorship

Incorrect (rank-group) authorship Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 34 ("Ordine. I Notacantini."). [family, nom. vernac.].

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Notacanthidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1810
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Notacanthoidei (Suborder)

Variants

Former rankNotacanthoidei (Suborder) Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 131. [indirect]

Synonyms

IncludingHeteromi (Order) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.
IncludingLyopomi (Order) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namerugstekelalen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namehalosaurs and deep-sea spiny eels Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 137.
spiny eels Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 682.
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