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Blenniiformes

Osteichthyes - Blenniiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Blenniiformes Jordan p. 731
2013Blenniiformes Betancur et al.
2016Blenniiformes Nelson et al. p. 346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderBlenniomorphae
orderBlenniiformes
orderBlenniiformes

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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Subor. Blennioidei Agassiz 1835
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G. †Blenniidarum Unknown
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†Blenniidarum bicipitis Steurbaut 1984
G. Blennius Linnaeus 1758
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†Blennius cuneiformis Blainville 1818
Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus 1758
G. Clinus Cuvier 1817
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Subg. Clinus (Labrisomus) Swainson 1839
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G. Exallias Jordan and Evermann 1905
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†Exallias vectensis Nolf 1972
G. †Parablennius Ribeiro 1915
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†Parablennius prokofievi Bratishko et al. 2015
G. †Paranarrhichas Bohm 1926
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†Paranarrhichas damesi Bohm 1926
G. Salaria Forskål 1775
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Salaria pavo Risso 1810
G. Tripterygion Risso 1826
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†Tripterygion pronasus Arambourg 1927
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G. Forsterygion Whitley and Phillipps 1939
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†Forsterygion jawadi Schwarzhans 2019
G. Gilloblennius Whitley and Phillipps 1939
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G. Matanui Jawad and Clements 2004
G. Ruanoho Hardy 1986
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Ruanoho whero Hardy 1986
G. †Tongarewa Schwarzhans 2019
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†Tongarewa clementsi Schwarzhans 2019
†Tongarewa waihaonesis Schwarzhans 2019
Invalid names: Chaenopsidae [empty], Clinidae [empty], Dactyloscopidae [empty], Labrisomidae [empty]
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G. †Bulbiceps Jordan 1919
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†Bulbiceps raninus Jordan 1919
Invalid names: Anarrhichthyidae [empty], Atopoclinidae [empty], Cebidichthyidae [empty], Emblemariidae [empty], Lumpenidae [empty], Notograptidae [empty], Ophioclinidae [empty], Peronedyidae [empty], Runulidae [empty], Xenocephalidae [empty], Xiphisternidae [empty]
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France Exallias vectensis (220174)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Blenniidae indet. (200654)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Paranarrhichas damesi (149316)
Chattian - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Greece (Greneva) Blennius sp. (222448)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Bulbiceps raninus (186008)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) Tongarewa waihaonesis (219588 219591)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Blenniidae indet. (220042 220043)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Tongarewa waihaonesis (219594 219599)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Blenniidae indet., Blennioidei indet. (219197)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kazakhstan Parablennius prokofievi (174760)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Blennius ocellaris (207587)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Blennius sp. (220507)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Clinus pronuchipinnis, Tripterygion pronasus (59256)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Blennius ocellaris (207769)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) Blenniidae indet. (207357) Blennius pavo (207358)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Blennius ocellaris (159378)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Forsterygion jawadi, Gilloblennius tripennis, Matanui bathytaton (219635) Forsterygion malcolmi, Gilloblennius tripennis, Matanui bathytaton, Ruanoho whero (219633)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Blennius ocellaris (159140 159288)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Blennius ocellaris (207568)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Forsterygion malcolmi, Matanui bathytaton (219641) Matanui bathytaton (219640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) Blenniidae indet. (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) Clinidae indet. (191984)