Echeneis Linnaeus 1758 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Echeneidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Echeneidae according to P. G. Danil'chenko 1960

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Oligoremora

Subtaxa: Echeneis urupensis

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Urup River (Miocene of Russian Federation)

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