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Taxon: Order Myctophiformes Regan, 1911 - lanternfishes (fish)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopterygii

Subsequent positions

Myctophata (Subsection) Wiley & Johnson, 2010 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 146.

Current position

Myctophata (Subsection) Wiley & Johnson, 2010 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127. [new position]

Alternative positions

Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 31.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891 Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 883.
Ctenosquamata (Infradivision) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880 Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 312.
Protacanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.
Scopelomorpha (Superorder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 223.

Historical positions

Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 31.
Myctophata (Subsection) Wiley & Johnson, 2010 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127, 146. [new position]
Scopelomorpha (Superorder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 223.
Ctenosquamata (Infradivision) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392, box 7.6.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880 Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 312.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880 Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 364.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: 1998
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2465.
Scopelomorpha (Superorder) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 606.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891 Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 883; 1114.
Protacanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 2f;35g;251s;2ss; †1f
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [2f;35g;251s;2ss]
2004-2016 W.N. Eschmeyer [2f]
2011 W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 31 2f
2010 E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 146 2f
1998 W.N. Eschmeyer 2f
1988 R.L. Carroll: 607 [2f; †1f]
1982 R.A. Fritzsche: 883 16f;73g;390s
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