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Oligopus

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae

Taxonomy
Oligopus was named by Risso (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Bythitidae by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983); to Bythitinae by Steurbaut (1982), Steurbaut (1984); and to Ophidiiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
O. bassolii, O. pseudoacuminatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. pseudoaocuminatus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Oligopus Risso
1982Oligopus Steurbaut p. 42
1983Oligopus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 174
1984Oligopus Steurbaut p. 63
2002Oligopus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderBythitoidei
familyBythitidaeGill 1861
subfamilyBythitinaeGill 1861
genusOligopusRisso 1810

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. Oligopus Risso 1810
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†Oligopus bassolii Nolf 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France Uranoscopus pseudoacuminatus (222677)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France O. pseudoaocuminatus (152695) O. sp. (219194)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France O. sp. (219196)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy O. bassolii (178120)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) O. sp. (161932)