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Pomacanthidae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Pomacanthidae

Taxonomy
Pomacanthidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); to Perciformes by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Eupercaria by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Pomacanthidae Betancur et al.
2016Pomacanthidae Nelson et al. p. 455
2019Pomacanthidae van der Laan p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
familyPomacanthidae
familyPomacanthidae

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available