Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Lowe, R.T. (1833). Description of Alepisaurus, a new genus of fishes. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (pt 1): 104.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Aulopiformes: family
Alepisauridae: genus
Alepisaurus: species
Alepisaurus ferox

Name

Synonyms: Alepidosaurus aesculapius Bean, 1883; Alepidosaurus borealis Gill, 1862; Alepidosaurus poeyi Gill, 1863; Alepidosaurus serra Gill, 1862; Alepisaurus aesculapius Bean, 1883; Alepisaurus altivelis Poey, 1860; Alepisaurus azureus Valenciennes, 1850; Alepisaurus borealis Gill, 1862; Alepisaurus richardsonii Bleeker, 1855; Plagyodus aesculapius (Bean, 1883); Plagyodus borealis (Gill, 1862); Plagyodus ferox (Lowe, 1833)
Homonyms: Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833
Common names: Alepisavros in Greek, Modern (1453-); Cavalo Ocelle in French; Cavalo feroce in French; Cavalo ocelle in French; Conejo in Spanish; Conejo in Spanish; Day Sarpon in English; Handsaw Fish in English; Handsaw-fish in English; Lancetfish in English; Lancier Longnez in French; Lancier long-nez, Cavalo féroce, Cavalo ocelle in French; Lancier longnez in French; Langneus-lansetvis in Afrikaans; Langsnudet skalpelfisk in Danish; Langsnudet skalpelfisk in Danish; Lansvis in Dutch; Lanzenfisch in German; Lanzon in Spanish; Lanzón Nariz Larga in Spanish; Lanzón nariz larga in Spanish; Lanzón picudo in Spanish; Long snouted lancetfish in English; Long snouted lancetfish in English; Long snouted lancetfish, Lancetfish in English; Longnose lancetfish in English; Longsnout Lancetfish in English; Lírio-ferro in Portuguese; Lírio-ferro in Portuguese; Mizu-uo in Japanese; Mizuo in Japanese; Pacific Lancetfish in English; Peixe-cavalo in Portuguese; Peixe-lanceta-de-focinho-afiado in Portuguese; Peixe-água in Portuguese; Pez lanceta in language.; Saaghammaskala in Estonian; Sauro feroce in Italian; Sauro feroce in Italian; Somon-lup in Romanian; Somon-lup in Romanian; Stóri földungur in Icelandic; Stóri földungur in Icelandic; Wolffish in English; Wolffish in English; Zaglon in Polish; cavalo féroce in French; cavalo féroce in French; conejo de lo alto in Spanish; conejo de lo alto in Spanish

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