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Rixator

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae

Taxonomy
Rixator was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1920).

It was reranked as Sebastodes (Rixator) by David (1943).

It was assigned to Scorpaenidae by Jordan and Gilbert (1920), Jordan (1925); and to Sebastodes by David (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Rixator Jordan and Gilbert p. 30
1925Rixator Jordan p. 38
1943Sebastodes (Rixator) David p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderScorpaenoideiGarman 1899
familyScorpaenidaeRisso 1827
genusRixator

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. †Rixator Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi Jordan and Gilbert 1920
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1920Body
rather elongate, compressed, the back straight, scarcely arched, with a very large head, 3 in length, the depth about 4*4 ; mouth large, the cleft extending beyond eye ; larger than in SEBASTOSOMUS and ROSICOLA ; lower
jaw prominent, with bands of even, pointed teeth.
Vertebrae 24 (25), large, mostly longer than deep, strongly grooved;
neurals and hsemals strong; interneurals long and strong, expanded or
dagger-shaped at base, especially anteriorly, one and sometimes two pos- teriorly between each pair of neurals. Interhaemals small, slender, and
very oblique except the second, which is robust and very long, half head ; two or three set irregularly between each pair of haemals. Dorsal con-
tinuous, deeply notched, its rays XII, I, 13. Anal rays III, 6, or possibly 7, the second spine very long and strong. Pectorals broad, rounded.
unsymmetrical. Caudal broad, subtruncate, the hypural plates large, about two on a side, with an open median split which separates the caudal rays in the skeleton.
Cranium unknown ; armature of head and squamation of body, with character of gill rakers, undetermined. Among living forms the species in question is certainly nearest typical SEBASTODES, but the second anal spine and its interhaemal are greatly enlarged.
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) R. porteousi (45489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Sebastodes porteousi (185670 185673)