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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderOphidiiformes
  4. ›familyBythitidae
  5. ›genusDiplacanthopoma
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Diplacanthopoma alcockii

Diplacanthopoma alcockii Goode & Bean, 1896

First described in: Goode, G. B. & T. H. Bean. 1896. Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin of the United States National Museum(2): i-xxxv, 1-26, 1-553, i-xxiii, 1-26 (Atlas), pls. 1-123 (Atlas).

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2346096.