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Araeosteus
Taxonomy
Araeosteus was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Hexagrammidae by Jordan (1925); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Zaproridae by Jordan and Gilbert (1920), David (1943), Fierstine et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Hexagrammidae by Jordan (1925); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Zaproridae by Jordan and Gilbert (1920), David (1943), Fierstine et al. (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Araeosteus Jordan and Gilbert p. 20 |
| 1925 | Araeosteus Jordan p. 34 |
| 1943 | Araeosteus David p. 38 |
| 2002 | Araeosteus Sepkoski |
| 2012 | Araeosteus Fierstine et al. p. 138 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1920 | Bodyelongate,ratherrobust. Headunknown,thebonesstriate; ver- tebrae about 43, slender, hour-glass shaped, not grooved. Interneurals and interhsemals moderate, very oblique; dorsal fin of 30 to 40 rays, all simple and flexible, subequal, the fin continuous; anal with about 15 raysallsimple; other fins lost. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||