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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
Superordo: Scopelomorpha
Ordo: Myctophiformes

Familia: Neoscopelidae
Genus: Neoscopelus
Species: N. macrolepidotus - N. microchir - – N. porosus
Name

Neoscopelus Johnson, 1863
References

Johnson, J. Y. 1863. Description of five new species of fishes obtained at Madeira. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1863 (pt 1): 36–46, Pl. 7.
Neoscopelus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Neoscopelus macrolepidotus

Neoscopelus macrolepidotus

Neoscopelus is a genus of blackchins.
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Neoscopelus macrolepidotus J. Y. Johnson, 1863 (large-scaled lanternfish)
Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara, 1943 (shortfin neoscopelid)
Neoscopelus porosus R. Arai, 1969 (spangleside neoscopelid)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Neoscopelus in FishBase. April 2012 version.

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