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Liognathus

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae

Taxonomy
Liognathus was named by Newberry (1873). Its type is Liognathus spatulus.

It was assigned to Coccosteinae by Hay (1902); to Coccosteidae by Jordan (1963); and to Sparinae by Steurbaut (1984).

Species
L. spatulus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Liognathus Newberry p. 371
1902Liognathus Hay p. 345
1963Liognathus Jordan p. 588
1984Liognathus Steurbaut p. 90

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familySparidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilySparinaeSparinae
genusLiognathusNewberry 1873

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.

G. †Liognathus Newberry 1873
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†Liognathus spatulus Newberry 1873
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 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available