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Sciaenidae

Osteichthyes - Lutjaniformes - Sciaenidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Sciaenidae Cuvier
1943Ioscionidae David p. 147
2009Sciaenidae Bannikov et al. p. 537
2012Ioscionidae Fierstine et al. p. 132
2013Carnevalellinae Bannikov p. 192
2016Sciaenidae Nelson et al. p. 498
2019Sciaenidae Ebersole et al. p. 178
2019Sciaenidae van der Laan p. 82
2022Sciaenidae Cicimurri et al.
2025Sciaenidae Cicimurri et al. p. 90

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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
orderLutjaniformes
familySciaenidaeCuvier 1828
familySciaenidaeCuvier 1828

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.

Fm. Sciaenidae Cuvier 1828
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G. Aplodinotus Rafinesque 1818
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Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819 [freshwater drum]
†Aplodinotus hoffmani Nolf and Aguilera 1998
†Aplodinotus longecaudatus Nolf and Aguilera 1998
G. Argyrosomus La Pylaie 1835
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†Argyrosomus laghii Nolf and Steurbaut 1983
†Argyrosomus regia Lanckneus and Nolf 1979
G. †Carnevalella Bannikov 2013
G. †Caucasisciaena Bannikov et al. 2009
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†Caucasisciaena ignota Smirnov 1830
G. †Ekokenia Frizzell and Dante 1965
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†Ekokenia eporrecta Koken 1888
†Ekokenia eporrectus Koken 1888
G. †Fisherichthys Weems 1999
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†Fisherichthys folmeri Weems 1999
G. †Ioscion Jordan 1921
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†Ioscion morgani Jordan 1921
G. Pogonias Lacépède 1802
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†Pogonias blettleri Noriega et al. 2024
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869 [black drum]
†Pogonias stringeri Takeuchi and Huddleston 2008
G. Sciaena Linnaeus 1758
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†Sciaena amplus Koken 1891
Sciaena bathytatos Chao and Miller 1975
†Sciaena holsatica Koken 1891
†Sciaena impropria Gabelaia 1976
†Sciaena irregularis Koken 1884
†Sciaena kirchbergensis Koken 1891
†Sciaena knyrkoi Danil'chenko 1980
†Sciaena meridionalis Koken 1891
†Sciaena obtusus Koken 1891
†Sciaena pecchioli Lawley 1876
†Sciaena pimenovae Bogatsov 1955
†Sciaena radians Koken 1888
†Sciaena simplex Frost 1926
Sciaena umbra Linnaeus 1758
G. Sciaenops Gill 1863
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†Sciaenops ocellata Linnaeus 1766
Sciaenops ocellatus Linnaeus 1766
Invalid names: Carnevalellinae Bannikov 2013 [invalid subgroup], Ioscionidae [synonym], Stelliferinae Sasaki 1989 [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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 106.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy Pogonias harpago (77178) Pogonias prodromus (76512) Pogonias prodromus, Pogonias harpago, Pogonias missilis (77255)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Pogonias hirsutus (78741) Pogonias incallidus, Pogonias hirsutus, Pogonias prodromus, Pogonias harpago (78742)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Pogonias harpago (77273) Pogonias prodromus, Pogonias harpago (77274)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Pogonias hirsutus (76493 77177) Pogonias incallidus (77110)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Fisherichthys folmeri (81179)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Virginia) Fisherichthys folmeri (15595)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Pogonias sp. (209370 209371)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Otolithus simplex (60711)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Aplodinotus sp., Fisherichthys sp. (13346)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Aplodinotus sp., Sciaena psuedoradians (164390)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Fisherichthys folmeri (81266)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Nigeria Sciaena simplex (32905)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Ekokenia eporrecta (83981)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Ekokenia eporrecta (7437 7438 7439)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Ekokenia sp. (75638) Sciaena umbra (32925)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Louisiana) Sciaena psuedoradians, Aplodinotus distortus (164391)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (South Carolina) Pogonias sp., Sciaenops sp. (60444) Sciaenops sp. (224900)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Russian Federation Larimus ignotus (186461)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary Sciaena sp. (184477)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Mississippi) Sciaenidae indet., Aplodinotus distortus, Sciaena radians (133111)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Sciaena elongata, Sciaena sp., Sciaena irregularis (32012)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Hungary (Esztergom) Sciaena sp. (186636)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Paraguana) Sciaena sp., Sciaenops reyzi, Aplodinotus longecaudatus, Aplodinotus hoffmani (118106)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Pogonias cromis (48887)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Russian Federation Caucasisciaena ignota (186456)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Sciaenops eastmani (123869)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (18586)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Louisiana) Aplodinotus sp. (164388)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Aplodinotus grunniens (18284) Aplodinotus sp. (18031 27481)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Pogonias multidentatus (79793)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (Lower Saxony) Sciaena obtusa (161965)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) Argyrosomus regius (161995) Sciaena rybnicensis, Argyrosomus regius, Sciaena irregularis (161993)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kazakhstan Pogonias sp. (174760)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Romania Sciaena sp. (222591)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Pogonias multidentatus (71798 126605) Pogonias sp., Pogonias multidentatus, Sciaenops ocellatus (57700) Sciaenops sp. (187324)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Aplodinotus grunniens (18450)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (161374)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (18554)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Argyrosomus laghii (178120)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Sciaena holsatica (34521)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Pogonias mulidentatus (152251)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Ioscion morgani (45489)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Malta Sciaenidae indet. (210639)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Chile Stelliferinae indet. (221625)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Germany Sciaena holsatica (223566)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Entre Ríos) Pogonias blettleri (237481)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (18601)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Pogonias multidentatus (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Sciaenidae indet. (144566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Argyrosomus sp. (172914 220503)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Sciaenops sp., Sciaenops ocellata, Pogonias cromis, Sciaenops ocellatus (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (22712)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Pogonias sp., Sciaenops sp. (188304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciaenops ocellatus (227368)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Brazil Pogonias cromis (52644)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (20400 58089)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Pogonias cromis (20440)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Aplodinotus sp. (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) Pogonias cromis (211308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pogonias sp. (57706) Sciaenops sp. (73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Aplodinotus grunniens (200325)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Aplodinotus grunniens (74470 93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil Pogonias cromis (54181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Pogonias cromis (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Pogonias cromis (48886)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Argyrosomus japonicus (235090)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Aplodinotus grunniens (195067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Aplodinotus grunniens (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Sciaenops ocellatus (227371)