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Brevoortia

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Taxonomy
Brevoortia was named by Gill (1861). It is extant.

It was assigned to Clupeidae by Arambourg (1927).

Species lacking formal opinion data
B. tyrannus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Brevoortia Gill
1927Brevoortia Arambourg p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderClupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
suborderClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusBrevoortiaGill 1861

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. Brevoortia Gill 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available