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Lutjanidae
Taxonomy
Lutjanidae was named by Gill (1861). It is extant.
It was assigned to Kurtiformes by Jordan (1963); to Percoidea by Casier (1966); to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); to Percoidei by Bannikov (2014); and to Perciformes by Carnevale et al. (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Kurtiformes by Jordan (1963); to Percoidea by Casier (1966); to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); to Percoidei by Bannikov (2014); and to Perciformes by Carnevale et al. (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1861 | Lutjanidae Gill |
| 1963 | Lutianidae Jordan |
| 1966 | Lutianidae Casier |
| 2013 | Lutjanidae Betancur et al. |
| 2014 | Lutjanidae Bannikov p. 28 |
| 2014 | Lutjanidae Carnevale et al. p. 43 |
| 2016 | Lutjanidae Nelson et al. p. 457 |
| 2025 | Lutjanidae Cicimurri et al. p. 87 |
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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.
Fm. Lutjanidae Gill 1861
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G. †Etelinus Jordan and Thompson 1911
Subfm. Lutjaninae Gill 1861
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G. Lutjanus Bloch 1790
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†Lutianus lerichei Nolf 1972
Lutjanus buccanella Cuvier 1828 [blackfin snapper]
Lutjanus griseus Linnaeus 1758 [grey snapper]
†Lutjanus hagari Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Invalid names: Mesoprion Cuvier 1828 [synonym]
G. †Ottaviania Sorbini 1983
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†Ottaviania leptacanthus Agassiz 1839
†Ottaviania mariae Sorbania 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available