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Opisthoproctidae

Actinopteri - Argentiniformes - Opisthoproctidae

Taxonomy
Opisthoproctidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Enchodontoidei by Jordan (1963); and to Argentiniformes by Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Opisthoproctidae Jordan p. 627
2013Opisthoproctidae Betancur et al.
2016Opisthoproctidae Nelson et al. p. 253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
superorderProtacanthopterygii
orderArgentiniformes
familyOpisthoproctidae
familyOpisthoproctidae

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. Dolichopteryx Brauer 1901
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Dolichopteryx iustus Schwarzhans 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available