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Macruronidae

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macruronidae

Taxonomy
Macruroninae was named by Regan (1903).

It was reranked as the family Macruronidae by Nelson et al. (2016), Schwarzhans et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Gadiformes by Nelson et al. (2016), Schwarzhans et al. (2017); and to Merlucciidae by Schwarzhans et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-07-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Macruroninae Regan
2016Macruronidae Nelson et al. p. 298
2017Macruronidae Schwarzhans et al. p. 445
2017Macruroninae Schwarzhans et al. p. 154

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyMacruronidae(Regan 1903)
familyMacruronidae(Regan 1903)

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. †Macruronidae Regan 1903
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G. Macruronus Guenther 1873
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Macruronus eastmani Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Macruronus merlucciiformis Schwarzhans 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available