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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Section: Aulopa
Ordo: Aulopiformes
Subordo: Giganturoidei

Familia: Giganturidae
Genus: Gigantura
Name

Giganturidae

Type genus: Gigantura Brauer, 1901
Synonymy

Rosauridae Tucker, 1954: 167

References

Tucker, D.W. 1954. Report on the fishes collected by S. Y. "Rosaura" in the North and Central Atlantic, 1937-38. Part I. Families Carcharhinidae, Torpedinidae, Rosauridae (nov.), Salmonidae, Alepocephalidae, Searsidae, Clupeidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 2(6): 163–214. BHL Reference page.
Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.

Vernacular names
suomi: Teleskooppikalat
日本語: ボウエンギョ科
Nederlands: Telescoopvissen

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