Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena intermedia Bassani, 1889 was described from Italy and considered valid by several authors (e.g., Woodward, 1901; Casier, 1946; de Sylva, 1963). Another species of Sphyraena Artedi, 1793 was described as Sphyraena intermedia Pastore, 2009 also from Italy but based on extant specimens. The latter species by Pastore is herein found to be primary homonym of Sphyraena intermedia (Bassani, 1889), a fossil species known from the Oligocene of Italy and consequently the name by Pastore is deemed permanently invalid under Article 57.2 of the ICZN (1999). Santini et al. (2015) mentioned the latter but overlooked the former in their account of species of Sphyraena Artedi, 1793.
Belongs to Sphyraena according to Bassani 1889
Sister taxa: Sphyraena amici, Sphyraena argentea, Sphyraena barracuda, Sphyraena bognorensis, Sphyraena bolcensis, Sphyraena crassidens, Sphyraena croatica, Sphyraena cunhai, Sphyraena egleri, Sphyraena fajumensis, Sphyraena hansfuchsi, Sphyraena kugleri, Sphyraena longimana, Sphyraena lugardi, Sphyraena major, Sphyraena malembeensis, Sphyraena muelleri, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, Sphyraena pannonica, Sphyraena senni, Sphyraena sternbergensis, Sphyraena striata, Sphyraena substriata, Sphyraena suessi, Sphyraena tyrolensis, Sphyraena viannai, Sphyraena viennensis, Sphyraena weberi, Sphyraena winkleri
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphyraena intermedia in the database
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