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Haemulon

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Haemulidae

Taxonomy
Haemulon was named by Cuvier (1829). It is extant. It is the type genus of Haemulidae, Haemulinae.

It was assigned to Haemulinae by Tavera et al. (2012); and to Haemulidae by Stringer (1998), Lin et al. (2017), Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Haemulon Cuvier
1998Haemulon Stringer p. 150
2012Haemulon Tavera et al.
2017Haemulon Lin et al. p. 899
2019Haemulon Ebersole et al. p. 210

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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
familyHaemulidaeGill 1885
subfamilyHaemulinaeGill 1885
genusHaemulonCuvier 1829

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. Haemulon Cuvier 1829
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Haemulon album Cuvier 1830 [white margate]
Haemulon sciurus Shaw 1803 [blue striped grunt]
†Haemulon strascinate Lin et al. 2017
†Haemulon ypresiensis Lin et al. 2024
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) H. ypresiensis (237211 237215 237217 237222)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) H. ypresiensis (237219 237221)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) H. ypresiensis (237214 237216)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland) H. ypresiensis (237212)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France H. pulchrum, H. strascinate (188960)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Paraguana) H. sp., H. aurolineatus (118106)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama H. sp. (24237 145522)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy H. lucidum (178120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela H. sp. (92751)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) H. sp. (135043)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica H. sp. (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) H. sp. (22712)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Haemulon indet. (161932)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands H. spp., H. aurolineatum, H. carbonarium, H. flavolineatum, H. sciurus, H. album (209855)