Ordre Résumé for Myctophiformes
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Réf. Princ. |
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Ordre |
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Myctophiformes lanternfishes |
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Classe |
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Teleostei |
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Ordre frère |
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Lampriformes 70 M years |
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Réf. |
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Premier signalement fossile |
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late Cretaceous |
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Marin |
Eau douce |
Saumâtre |
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Remarque |
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Head and body compressed; eye lateral (dorsolateral in the myctophid Hierops); mouth usually large and terminal; adipose fin present; usually 8 pelvic fin rays; usually 7-11 branchiostegal rays. All are deep-sea pelagic and benthopelagic fishes. |
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Classe Étymologie |
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Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335. |
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Ordre Étymologie |
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Greek, mykter, -eros = nose + Greek, ophis = serpent + Latin, forma = shape. 1601 (Ref. 45335). |
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Familles |
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