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Monophyletic? taxon: Order Ophidiiformes Regan, 1912 - cusk-eels (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (C.T. Regan, 1912)
Original name & spelling Regan, C.T. 1912. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10 (no. 57): 277 ("Division"). ≡
Subsequent rank
Incorrect (rank-group) authorship Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 38 ("Ordine. Gli Ofidini."). [family, nom. vernac.].

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Ophidioidei (Suborder) Regan, 1912 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 128; 6 May 2012. [inferred]
TypeOphidion (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: N. Bailly et al. (comps.), 2001: 366; 3 Feb 2021. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namecusk-eels Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 315.
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