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Animalia Rank: Species Vernacular name(s): clown knifefish [English] Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met |
Taxonomic Hierarchy Get the following data in XML format - up to the kingdom Get the following data in XML format Kingdom Animalia-- animals Phylum Chordata-- chordates Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates Superclass Osteichthyes-- bony fishes Class Actinopterygii-- ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes Subclass Neopterygii-- neopterygians Infraclass Teleostei Superorder Osteoglossomorpha Order Osteoglossiformes-- bonytongues Suborder Notopteroidei Superfamily Notopteroidea Family Notopteridae-- featherbacks, featherfin knifefishes Genus Chitala Species Chitala ornata-- clown knifefish |
References Other sources: Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004 website (version 10-May-04); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/) References: Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. ix + 386. ISBN: 1-888569-61-1. Comments: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams |
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