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Centrarchidae (sunfish)

Actinopteri - Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Centrarchidae Cope
1963Centrarchidae Jordan p. 689
1967Centrarchidae Wilson p. 203
1986Centrarchidae Holman et al.
2012Centrarchidae Fierstine et al. p. 114
2013Centrarchidae Betancur et al.
2016Centrarchidae Nelson et al. p. 444

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderCentrarchiformes
familyCentrarchidaeCope 1868
familyCentrarchidaeCope 1868

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.

Fm. Centrarchidae Cope 1868 [sunfish]
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G. Archoplites Gill 1861
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Archoplites interruptus Girard 1854 [Sacramento perch]
G. †Chaenobryttus Hibbard 1936
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Chaenobryttus kansasensis Hibbard 1936
G. Lepomis Rafinesque 1819
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Lepomis microlophus Lee 1980
G. Micropterus Lacépède 1802 [black bass]
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Micropterus salmoides Lacépède 1802
G. †Pomoxis
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Pomoxis lanei Hibbard 1936
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 Wasatchian to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Centrarchidae indet. (192130)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) Micropterus sp. (18663)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Idaho) Archoplites clarki (193968)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Lepomis microlophus, Micropterus sp. (18284)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Kansas) Lepomis sp., Pomoxis sp., Micropterus punctulatus (18450)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Centrarchidae indet. (19446)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Chaenobryttus kansasensis, Pomoxis lanei (18342)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lepomis sp., Lepomis microlophus, Pomoxis sp., Micropterus sp. (227368)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781USA (Virginia) Lepomis macrochirus (104698)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Lepomis cyanellus, Micropterus sp. (20165) Lepomis humilis (20293)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Archoplites interruptus (20327 20431) Centrarchidae indet. (20387)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Lepomis microlophus (58089) Lepomis sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Lepomis sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Centrarchidae indet. (67490)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Lepomis gulosus, Lepomis microlophus, Micropterus salmoides (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Micropterus salmoides (200588) Pomoxis sp. (63223)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Lepomis cyanellus (93554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Lepomis sp., Lepomis microlophus, Pomoxis sp., Micropterus sp. (227371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Lepomis gibbosus, Pomoxis nigromaculatus, Centrarchidae indet. (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Lepomis sp., Lepomis gulosus, Lepomis macrochirus, Lepomis punctatus, Pomoxis nigromaculatus, Micropterus salmoides (152113)