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Anabantiformes

Osteichthyes - Anabantiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Anabantiformes Betancur et al.
2016Anabantiformes Nelson et al. p. 390
2019Anabantiformes van der Laan p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Anabantaria
orderAnabantiformes
orderAnabantiformes

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: Anabantidae [empty], Helostomatidae [empty], Osphronemidae [empty]
Subor. Channoidei Berg 1940 [snakehead]
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Fm. Channidae Berg 1940 [snakehead]
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G. †Anchichanna Murray and Thewissen 2008
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Anchichanna kuldanensis Murray and Thewissen 2008
G. Channa Scopoli 1770
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Channa elliptica von Salis 1967
G. †Eochanna Roe 1991
Subor. Nandoidei
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Invalid names: Badidae [empty], Nandidae [empty], Pristolepididae [empty]
Fm. †Nardoichthyidae Sorbini and Bannikov 1991
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G. †Nardoichthys Sorbini and Bannikov 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Langhian or 72.20000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Pristolepididae indet. (153368)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Punjab) Anchichanna kuldanensis (45586)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Eochanna chorlakkiensis (28978)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Channa ellipitca (70359) Channa elliptica (69098)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Channa elliptica (34615) Channa spp. (134954 135038)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Channa sp. (205187)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Channa elliptica (48325)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Channidae indet. (175727)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Nepal Channa n. sp. (48680 48681 48696)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Switzerland (Aargau) Channa sp. (201976) Channa sp., Channa elliptica (201975)