The PEDIGREE of
Genus Cyclothone (Bioluminescent Bristlemouths)

 
     (only recently did scientists realize that the deep-water bristlemouths may be the most populous of vertebrates, with up to one quadrillion individuals)

 "Child(ren)":       Tan Bristlemouth   ;   Benttooth bristlemouth   ;   Deep-water bristlemouth   ;   Kobayashi's bristlemouth   ;   Veiled anglemouth   ;   Shadow bristlemouth   ;   Slender bristlemouth   ;   Showy bristlemouth   ;   etc.   ;   13 species altogether
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/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates   +====> [ 75]
/   / or: prob. Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Deuterostomia (kin)
/-- Phylum Chordata (Vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets)
/-- Clade Craniata
/-- Subphylum Vertebrata
/-- Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed Vertebrates)
/-- Microphylum Teleostomi (Bony fishes & Spiny sharks)
/-- Superclass Osteichthyes (Bony fishes)
/-- Class Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
/-- Subclass Neopterygii
/-- Infraclass Teleostei
/   / or: poss. Acanthopterygii
/-- Superorder Stenopterygii
/-- Order Stomiiformes (Dragonfishes & allies)
/-- Suborder Gonostomatoidei
/-- Family Gonostomatidae (Bristlemouths & kin)
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- Genus Cyclothone (Bioluminescent Bristlemouths)
 

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