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Argyrosomus

Osteichthyes - Lutjaniformes - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Argyrosomus was named by La Pylaie (1835) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 503]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciaenidae by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983); to Sciaenidae by Steurbaut (1984); and to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Argyrosomus La Pylaie
1983Argyrosomus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 185
1984Argyrosomus Steurbaut p. 94
2002Argyrosomus Sepkoski

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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
orderLutjaniformes
familySciaenidaeCuvier 1828
genusArgyrosomusLa Pylaie 1835

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. Argyrosomus La Pylaie 1835
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Argyrosomus laghii Nolf and Steurbaut 1983
Argyrosomus regia Lanckneus and Nolf 1979
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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) A. regius (161993 161995)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy A. laghii (178120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Taiwan (Taiwan) A. sp. (237145)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) A. sp. (172914 220503)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) A. japonicus (235090)