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Gadiculus argenteus (silvery pout)

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Gadidae

Taxonomy
Gadiculus argenteus was named by Guichenot (1850). It is extant.

It was recombined as Gadiculus (Gadiculus) argenteus by Schwarzhans (1978).

Subspecies
Gadiculus (Gadiculus) argenteus communis, G. thori
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. benedeni, G. jonas, G. lahiams, G. thori, G. verticalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot
1978Gadiculus (Gadiculus) argenteus Schwarzhans p. 24
1979Gadiculus argenteus Steurbaut p. 64
1983Gadiculus argenteus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 164
1984Gadiculus argenteus Steurbaut p. 57
2006Gadiculus argenteus Girone et al. p. 656
2019Gadiculus argenteus Schwarzhans p. 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyGadidaeRafinesque 1810
genusGadiculusGuichenot 1850
speciesargenteusGuichenot 1850

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.

Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot 1850 [silvery pout]
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Altonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 18.70000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Gadiculus argenteus (219196 220042 220043)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Gadiculus argenteus (219271 219341)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Gadiculus argenteus (67900)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Gadiculus argenteus (219197)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Gadiculus argenteus (70491 78437 178120 187507)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Zakynthos) Gadiculus argenteus (207583)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) Gadiculus communis (223702 223703 223704)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Gadiculus argenteus (145683 210258)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Gadiculus argenteus (159096)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Gadiculus argenteus (207569 207571)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Gadiculus argenteus (207576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Gadiculus argenteus (159378 159455 159823)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Gadiculus argenteus (207577)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (South Island) Gadiculus argenteus (219643)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Gadiculus argenteus (159288)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy Gadiculus argenteus (159361)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Gadiculus argenteus (207568 207570)