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Sciaena
Taxonomy
Sciaena was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Sciaenidae by Danil'chenko (1980), Szabo et al. (2017); and to Sciaenidae by Steurbaut (1984), Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Sciaenidae by Danil'chenko (1980), Szabo et al. (2017); and to Sciaenidae by Steurbaut (1984), Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Sciaena Linnaeus p. 288 |
| 1980 | Sciaena Danil'chenko p. 134 |
| 1984 | Sciaena Steurbaut p. 95 |
| 2002 | Sciaena Sepkoski |
| 2017 | Sciaena Szabo et al. |
| 2019 | Sciaena Ebersole et al. p. 213 |
| 2025 | Sciaena Cicimurri et al. p. 91 |
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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. Sciaena Linnaeus 1758
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†Sciaena amplus Koken 1891
Sciaena bathytatos Chao and Miller 1975
†Sciaena holsatica Koken 1891
†Sciaena impropria Gabelaia 1976
†Sciaena irregularis Koken 1884
†Sciaena kirchbergensis Koken 1891
†Sciaena knyrkoi Danil'chenko 1980
†Sciaena meridionalis Koken 1891
†Sciaena obtusus Koken 1891
†Sciaena pecchioli Lawley 1876
†Sciaena pimenovae Bogatsov 1955
†Sciaena radians Koken 1888
†Sciaena simplex Frost 1926
Sciaena umbra Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Tortonian or 48.07000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Nigeria | Otolithus simplex (60711) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | S. psuedoradians (164390) | |
| Bartonian | Nigeria | S. simplex (32905) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | S. umbra (32925) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Louisiana) | S. psuedoradians (164391) | |
| Chattian | USA (Mississippi) | S. radians (133111) | |
| Chattian | Hungary | S. sp. (184477) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | S. elongata, S. sp., S. irregularis (32012) | |
| Aquitanian | Hungary (Esztergom) | S. sp. (186636) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Paraguana) | S. sp. (118106) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (Lower Saxony) | S. obtusa (161965) | |
| Badenian | Czechia (Mikulov) | S. rybnicensis, S. irregularis (161993) | |
| Serravallian | Romania | S. sp. (222591) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark (Jutland) | S. holsatica (34521) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Germany | S. holsatica (223566) |