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Non-monophyletic taxon: Family Alepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846 - slickheads (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Otomorpha Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                                                             Superorder Alepocephali
                                                                               Order Alepocephaliformes - slickheads and tubeshoulders
                                                                                 Family Alepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846 [non-monophyletic] - slickheads
                                                                                   01 Genus Alepocephalus Risso, 1820
                                                                                   02 Genus Asquamiceps Zugmayer, 1911
                                                                                   03 Genus Aulastomatomorpha Alcock, 1890 [monotypic]
                                                                                   04 Genus Bajacalifornia Townsend & Nichols, 1925
                                                                                   05 Genus Bathylaco Goode & Bean, 1896
                                                                                   06 Genus Bathyprion Marshall, 1966 [monotypic]
                                                                                   07 Genus Bathytroctes Günther, 1878
                                                                                   08 Genus Conocara Goode & Bean, 1896
                                                                                   09 Genus Einara Parr, 1951
                                                                                   10 Genus Herwigia Nielsen, 1972 [monotypic]
                                                                                   11 Genus Leptochilichthys Garman, 1899
                                                                                   12 Genus Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886
                                                                                   13 Genus Microphotolepis Sazonov & Parin, 1977
                                                                                   14 Genus Mirognathus Parr, 1951 [monotypic]
                                                                                   15 Genus Narcetes Alcock, 1890
                                                                                   16 Genus Photostylus Beebe, 1933 [monotypic]
                                                                                   17 Genus Rinoctes Parr, 1952 [monotypic]
                                                                                   18 Genus Rouleina Jordan, 1923 - Roule's smooth-head
                                                                                   19 Genus Talismania Goode & Bean, 1896
                                                                                   20 Genus Xenodermichthys Günther, 1878

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