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Trachurus

Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae

Taxonomy
Trachurus was named by Lacépède (1802) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carangidae by Arambourg (1927), Casier (1966), Schwarzhans (1978), Steurbaut (1979), Steurbaut (1984), Bedini et al. (1986), Gaudant (2008), Fierstine et al. (2012), Gaudant and Courme (2014), Schwarzhans (2019) and Argyriou (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Trachurus Lacépède
1927Trachurus Arambourg p. 178
1966Trachurus Casier p. 441
1978Trachurus Schwarzhans p. 33
1979Trachurus Steurbaut p. 71
1984Trachurus Steurbaut p. 84
1986Trachurus Bedini et al. p. 57
2002Trachurus Sepkoski
2008Trachurus Gaudant p. 216
2012Trachurus Fierstine et al. p. 119
2014Trachurus Gaudant and Courme p. 209
2019Trachurus Schwarzhans p. 256
2022Trachurus Argyriou p. 117

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
orderCarangiformes
familyCarangidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTrachurusLacépède 1802

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Trachurus Lacépède 1802
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†Trachurus costatus Casier 1966
Trachurus declivis Jenyns 1841
Trachurus mediterraneus Steindachner 1868
†Trachurus miosensis Lafond-Grellety 1979
Trachurus trachurus Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium T. sp. (219011)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) T. sp. (118106)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France T. miosensis (219196) T. sp. (220042 220043)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France T. mediterraneus, T. miosensis (219197)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan T. sp. (174760)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) T. picluratus (161993 161994 161995)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama T. sp. (136016 145519 145520)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) T. sp. (207356)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) T. trachurus (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy T. sp. (186576 210240) T. trachurus (186575)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) T. sp. (210628) T. trachurus (186581)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria T. trachurus (186582 186585)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain T. sp. (210671)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Cyprus T. sp. (185663)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy T. sp. (210256 210257)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) T. sp. (223704)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Greece (Zakynthos) T. sp. (223917)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy T. sp. (145678 145680)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) T. sp. (207303)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy T. sp. (145683)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy T. sp. (57058)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Bologna) T. sp. (186574)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) T. mediterraneus (207580 207581) T. mediterraneus, T. trachurus (207579)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) T. sp. (207571)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) T. sp. (207576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy T. trachurus (159378)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) T. sp. (207577)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy T. mediterraneus, T. trachurus (159288)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) T. sp. (207568)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) T. declivis (219640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) T. symmetricus (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) T. sp. (161932)