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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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: Alepisauroidei
Familia: Paralepididae
Tribe: Lestidiini
Genus: Maculisudis

Species: M. longipinnis – M. rothschildi
Name

Maculisudis Kotthaus, 1967

Type species: Maculisudis longipinnis Kotthaus, 1967

Etymology: Maculi- refers to the spotted or dotted pattern of the type species, and sudis, a genus name in Paralepididae.
References

Kotthaus, A. 1967. Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie 1: 1–84. Reference page.

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