Scopelosaurus meadi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scopelosaurus meadi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976
- Name authority
- Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Aulopiformes
- Family
- Notosudidae
- Genus
- Scopelosaurus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAulopiformes
- suborderAlepisauroidei
- familyNotosudidae Parr, 1928
- genusScopelosaurus Bleeker, 1860
- speciesScopelosaurus meadi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scopelosaurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Scopelosaurus ahlstromi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976 | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelosaurus argenteus (Maul, 1954) | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scaly paperboneScopelosaurus harryi (Mead, 1953) | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelosaurus herwigi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976 | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelosaurus hubbsi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976 | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelosaurus mauli Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976 | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longfin waryfishScopelosaurus adleri (Fedorov, 1967) | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelosaurus craddocki Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976 | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelosaurus gibbsi Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976 | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelosaurus hamiltoni (Waite, 1916) | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelosaurus hoedti Bleeker, 1860 | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scopelosaurus smithii Bean, 1925 | NotosudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Scopelosaurus meadii Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976 Bertelsen, Krefft & Marshall, 1976 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bertelsen, E., Krefft, G., & Marshall, N. B. (1976). The fishes of the family Notosudidae. Dana Report, No. 86: 1–114, Pl. 1. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4VV7W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.