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Centrarchiformes

Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Centrarchiformes Betancur et al.
2019Centrarchiformes van der Laan p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderCentrarchiformes
orderCentrarchiformes

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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Fm. Centrarchidae Cope 1868 [sunfish]
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G. Archoplites Gill 1861
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Archoplites interruptus Girard 1854 [Sacramento perch]
G. †Chaenobryttus Hibbard 1936
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†Chaenobryttus kansasensis Hibbard 1936
G. Lepomis Rafinesque 1819
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†Lepomis microlophus Lee 1980
G. Micropterus Lacépède 1802 [black bass]
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Micropterus salmoides Lacépède 1802
G. †Pomoxis
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†Pomoxis lanei Hibbard 1936
Fm. Enoplosidae Gill 1893
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G. Enoplosus Lacépède 1802
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†Enoplosus pygopterus Agassiz 1835
Fm. Sinipercidae Roberts 1993
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G. Coreoperca Temminck and Schlegel 1843
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†Coreoperca chosun Nam et al. 2022
Coreoperca maruoi Yabumoto and Uyeno 2009
G. †Inabaperca Yabumoto and Uyeno 2000
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†Inabaperca taniurai Yabumoto and Uyeno 2000
G. Siniperca Gill 1862
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†Siniperca ikikoku Yabumoto 2020
Invalid names: Elassomatidae [empty]
Subor. †Cirrhitioidei
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Fm. Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte 1850
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G. Nemadactylus Richardson 1839
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†Nemadactylus trulliformis Schwarzhans 2019
†Nemadactylus utoka Schwarzhans 2019
Fm. Cirrhitidae Macleay 1841
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G. †Cirrhitus Lacépède 1803
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†Cirrhitus radians Casier 1966
Invalid names: Aplodactylidae Guenther 1859 [empty], Chironemidae Gill 1862 [empty], Latridae Gill 1862 [empty]
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Fm. Percichthyidae Jordan and Eigenman 1890
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G. Cyclopoma Agassiz 1833
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†Cyclopoma folmeri Weems 1999
†Cyclopoma gigas Agassiz 1833
†Cyclopoma spinosum Agassiz 1833
G. Macquaria Lesson 1825
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†Macquaria antiquus Hills 1934
G. Malakichthys Döderlein 1883
G. Percichthys Girard 1854
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†Percichthys antiquus Woodward 1898
†Percichthys hondoensis Schaeffer 1947
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Fm. Kuhliidae Jordan and Evermann 1896
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G. Kuhlia Gill 1861
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†Kuhlia avitensis Steurbaut 1984
†Kuhlia orientalis Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Fm. Kyphosidae Jordan 1887
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G. Kyphosus Lacépède 1802
Fm. Microcanthidae Bleeker 1876
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G. Microcanthus Swainson 1839
Fm. Oplegnathidae Bleeker 1853
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G. Oplegnathus Richardson 1840
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†Oplegnathus manni Chapman and Cudmore 1924
Fm. Scorpididae Günther 1860
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G. Scorpis Valenciennes 1832
Invalid names: Dichistiidae [empty], Girellidae [empty], Terapontidae [empty]
Invalid names: Percolatoidei [empty]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Percichthyidae indet. (49557)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Bolivia (Mizque) Percichthys sp. (13501)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Virginia) Cyclopoma folmeri (15595)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Centrarchidae indet. (192130)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Cyclopoma gigas (94830)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Percichthys hondoensis (49941)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica Oplegnathidae indet. (38816)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Macquaria antiquus (28978)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain (Zamora) Percichthyidae indet. (41308)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Antarctica (Seymour Island) Oplegnathus sp. (53666)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Kuhlia tenuicauda (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Microcanthus sp. (68021)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Kuhlia avitensis (219194)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Nemadactylus trulliformis (219582) Nemadactylus utoka (219579)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Kuhlia avitensis (219195)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Texas) Micropterus sp. (18663)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Kuhlia orientalis (46980 241729 241730 241732)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98South Korea (North Gyeongsang) Coreoperca chosun (232502)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98South Korea Coreoperca chosun (223984)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Chile Kuhlia orientalis (241735)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Oplegnathus manni (46164)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Kuhlia sp., Nemadactylus trulliformis (219744)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Idaho) Archoplites clarki (193968)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Lepomis microlophus, Micropterus sp. (18284)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Oplegnathus sp. (52183)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Nagasaki) Coreoperca maruoi, Siniperca ikikoku (201879)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Aichi) Malakichthys sp., Malakichthys griseus (161449)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Tottori) Inabaperca taniurai (190896)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Lepomis sp., Pomoxis sp., Micropterus punctulatus (18450)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Percichthyidae indet. (24237)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Kansas) Chaenobryttus kansasensis, Pomoxis lanei (18342)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Centrarchidae indet. (19446)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Percichthyidae indet. (152081 152085 152086)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lepomis sp., Lepomis microlophus, Pomoxis sp., Micropterus sp. (227368)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Kagoshima) Kuhlia sp. (161455)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Lepomis macrochirus (104698)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Lepomis sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Archoplites interruptus (20327 20431) Centrarchidae indet. (20387)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Lepomis cyanellus, Micropterus sp. (20165) Lepomis humilis (20293)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Lepomis microlophus (58089) Lepomis sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (California) Centrarchidae indet. (67490)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Percichthys sp. (63335)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Lepomis gulosus, Lepomis microlophus, Micropterus salmoides (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Micropterus salmoides (200588) Pomoxis sp. (63223)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Lepomis cyanellus (93554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Lepomis sp., Lepomis gulosus, Lepomis macrochirus, Lepomis punctatus, Pomoxis nigromaculatus, Micropterus salmoides (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Lepomis sp., Lepomis microlophus, Pomoxis sp., Micropterus sp. (227371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Lepomis gibbosus, Pomoxis nigromaculatus, Centrarchidae indet. (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Cirrhitidae indet. (194999) Kyphosidae indet., Cirrhitidae indet. (194997)