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Istiophorus
Taxonomy
Istiophorus was named by Lacépède (1802) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Istiophorinae by Hay (1902); to Xiphiidae by Rapp (1946); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Istiophoridae by Schultz (1987), Fierstine (2001), Fierstine (2006), Fierstine et al. (2012), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Istiophorinae by Hay (1902); to Xiphiidae by Rapp (1946); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Istiophoridae by Schultz (1987), Fierstine (2001), Fierstine (2006), Fierstine et al. (2012), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2019-08-08
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Istiophorus Lacépède |
| 1857 | Encheiziphius Rutimeyer p. 561 |
| 1871 | Brachyrhynchus Van Beneden p. 495 |
| 1902 | Istiophorus Hay p. 402 |
| 1904 | Encheiziphius Palmer p. 795 |
| 1906 | Encheiziphius Leriche p. 347 |
| 1926 | Brachyrhynchus Leriche p. 442 |
| 1946 | Istiophorus Rapp p. 512 |
| 1987 | Istiophorus Schultz p. 166 |
| 2001 | Istiophorus Fierstine p. 29 |
| 2002 | Istiophorus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Istiophorus Fierstine p. 443 |
| 2012 | Istiophorus Fierstine et al. p. 154 |
| 2018 | Istiophorus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 194 |
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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. Istiophorus Lacépède 1802
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†Istiophorus antiquus Leidy 1855
†Istiophorus calvertensis Berry 1917
†Istiophorus homalorhamphus Cope 1855
†Istiophorus parvulus Marsh 1869
Istiophorus platypterus Shaw and Nodder 1792
Istiophorus robustus Leidy 1860
Invalid names: Brachyrhynchus Van Beneden 1871 [synonym], Encheiziphius Rutimeyer 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available