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Rhyacichthyidae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Gobiiformes - Rhyacichthyidae

Taxonomy
Rhyacichthyidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gobioidea by Jordan (1963); and to Gobiiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-06-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Rhyacichthyidae Jordan p. 724
2016Rhyacichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 327

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Gobiaria
orderGobiiformes
familyRhyacichthyidae
familyRhyacichthyidae

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available