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Lutjanus buccanella (blackfin snapper)

Osteichthyes - Acanthuriformes - Lutjanidae

Taxonomy
Mesoprion buccanella was named by Cuvier (1828). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lutjanus buccanella by Allen (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. novemfasciatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Mesoprion buccanella Cuvier
1985Lutjanus buccanella Allen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderAcanthuriformes
familyLutjanidaeGill 1861
subfamilyLutjaninaeGill 1861
genusLutjanusBloch 1790
speciesbuccanella(Cuvier 1828)

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.

Lutjanus buccanella Cuvier 1828 [blackfin snapper]
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Lutjanus buccanella (209855)