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Pholidichthyidae

Osteichthyes - Cichliformes - Pholidichthyidae

Taxonomy
Pholidicthyidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Pholidichthys.

It was corrected as Pholidichthyidae by van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Pholidichthyiformes by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Cichliformes by Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Pholidichthys (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Pholidicthyidae Betancur et al.
2016Pholidicthyidae Nelson et al. p. 342
2019Pholidichthyidae van der Laan p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderCichlomorphae
orderCichliformes
familyPholidichthyidae
familyPholidichthyidae

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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G. Pholidichthys Bleeker 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available