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Centriscus

Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes - Centriscidae

Taxonomy
Centriscus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Centriscidae by Jerzmanska (1968); and to Gasterosteiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Centriscus Linnaeus p. 336
1968Centriscus Jerzmanska p. 427
2002Centriscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Syngnatharia
orderSyngnathiformes
familyCentriscidaeRafinesque 1826
genusCentriscus

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. Centriscus Linnaeus 1758
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Centriscus heinrichi Heckel 1850
Centriscus longispinus Rozhdestvenski 1949
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) C. strigatus (210628)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy C. strigatus (210256)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Italy C. strigatus (145678 145680)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Italy C. sp., C. strigatus (57058)