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Melanotaeniidae (disused)

Actinopteri - Atheriniformes - Melanotaeniidae

Taxonomy
Melanotaeniidae is a family. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Melanotaeniidae Jordan p. 677
2013Melanotaeniidae Betancur et al.
2016Melanotaeniidae Nelson et al. p. 358

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderAtheriniformesRosen 1966
familyMelanotaeniidae
familyMelanotaeniidae

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available