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Acestrorhynchidae (disused)

Actinopteri - Characiformes - Acestrorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Acestrorhynchidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Characoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Characoidea by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Acestrorhynchidae Betancur et al.
2016Acestrorhynchidae Nelson et al. p. 203

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderCharaciformesRegan 1911
suborderCharacoidei
familyAcestrorhynchidae
familyAcestrorhynchidae

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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Invalid names: Acestrorhynchinae [empty], Heterocharacinae [empty], Roestinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available